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A new strategy for the synthesis of polyaniline nanostructures using m-CPBA as an oxidant

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In this work, we have reported a unique strategy of using Meta-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid (m-CPBA) as an oxidant for Polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers preparation. A templateless rapid mixing method was employed for chemical polymerization of aniline at room temperature under rapid mixing and without use of additional oxidant. PANI nanofibers were fully characterized and their electrochemical properties have been studied in detail. Further, effects of toluene solution on PANI electrochemical properties were also investigated in detail. The results showed that PANI nanofibers, in the presence of toluene as solvent, had relatively high specific capacitance and high columbic efficiency compared to their bulk solution, which was due to the immobile of toluene solution and the fast diffusion of the H+ ions through the polymer material during the redox process.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by the National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan, National Science Foundation of China (No. 50602020) and National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2007CB613500). The authors also thank Professor Lanqun Mao (Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Chemistry CAS) for kind assistance while conducting this study.

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  1. School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Iram Mahmood

  2. Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Iram Mahmood, Liu Huizhou & Guo Chen

  3. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Ishfaq Ahmad

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Mahmood, I., Ahmad, I., Huizhou, L. et al. A new strategy for the synthesis of polyaniline nanostructures using m-CPBA as an oxidant. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 24, 1181–1186 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-012-0902-7

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