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Engineering conformal nanoporous polyaniline via oxidative chemical vapor deposition and its potential application in supercapacitors
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Engineering conformal nanoporous polyaniline via oxidative chemical vapor deposition and its potential application in supercapacitors

Xiaobo Li, Ayda Rafie, Yuriy Y. Smolin, Silas Simotwo, Vibha Kalra and Kenneth K. S. Lau
Chemical engineering science, v 194, pp 156-164
02 Feb 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2018.06.053
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Abstract

Engineering Engineering, Chemical Science & Technology Technology
Oxidative chemical vapor deposition (oCVD) offers unique advantages in synthesizing and integrating conducting polymers, like polyaniline (PANI), over conventional solution-based techniques, among them its ability to achieve thin films, conformal and uniform coatings, and coatings on topologically complex substrates. In this work, PANI was synthesized by oCVD via oxidative polymerization using aniline monomer and antimony pentachloride oxidant. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirm the formation of PANI. Uniquely, as evidenced by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), oCVD PANI shows a rough nanoporous morphology with pore openings of around 20 nm, while maintaining the conformality and uniformity of the coating. This nanoscale porosity leads to greater surface area that enhanced the energy storage capacity of nonporous electrospun carbon nanofibers (CNFs). With a coating thickness of similar to 160 nm on CNFs, the oCVD PANI-CNF composite shows high specific capacitance and excellent cycling stability, and demonstrates the potential for porous oCVD PANI to enhance supercapacitor energy storage and power density. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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