Volume 30, Issue 18 pp. 1577-1582
Communication

A Novel Strategy for the Synthesis of Sheet-Like Polyaniline

Haibin Zhang

Haibin Zhang

Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China

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Jixiao Wang

Corresponding Author

Jixiao Wang

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China. Fax: +86-22-27404496.Search for more papers by this author
Zhi Wang

Zhi Wang

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China

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Fengbao Zhang

Fengbao Zhang

Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China

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Shichang Wang

Shichang Wang

State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China

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First published: 09 September 2009
Citations: 27

Abstract

Polyaniline (PANI) micro/nanosheets are successfully synthesized by a template-free method without using any conventional oxidants. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and FT-IR spectroscopy are applied to characterize the products. By investigating the morphologies and chemical structures of the PANI micro/nanosheets, a possible formation mechanism is proposed. In addition, the influences of experimental parameters, such as the kind of dopant, concentration of aniline, and acidity of reaction system, on the morphologies of the PANI micro/nanosheets have been systematically investigated.

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