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Fabricating composite supercapacitor electrodes of polyaniline and aniline-terminated silica by mechanical agitation and sonication

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In this study, the composites of polyaniline (PANI) and aniline-terminated silica (M-SiO2), as supercapacitor electrodes, were prepared by a facile method of mechanical agitation combined with sonication. The obtained PANI/M-SiO2 composites were analyzed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements. Compared with PANI, PANI/M-SiO2 exhibited a maximum specific capacitance of 307.5 F/g by GCD test at 1 A/g with a potential range of 0–0.8 V. PANI/M-SiO2 retained approximately 93% of its capacitance after 500 cycles of charge–discharge at 8 A/g, whereas pure PANI retained only 70%. The excellent electrochemical performances of the PANI/M-SiO2 composites were attributed to the synergetic interaction between the PANI and M-SiO2 nanoparticles.

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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 21401079, 21501069); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (grant number JUSRP51626B); the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (grant numbers BK20140158, BK20161128 and BK20161166); the Research Project of Xuzhou (grant number KC15SM038); and the Top-notch Academic Programs Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (grant number PPZY2015B181).

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    Peipei Li, Caihua Ni & Gang Shi

  2. Xuzhou College of Industrial Technology, Xuzhou, 221140, China

    Peipei Li, Dazhi Zhang & Yunhui Xu

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Li, P., Ni, C., Shi, G. et al. Fabricating composite supercapacitor electrodes of polyaniline and aniline-terminated silica by mechanical agitation and sonication. J Solid State Electrochem 22, 1249–1256 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3870-2

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