Facile template–free fabrication and charge storage behavior of polyaniline nanobelts by using the oxidation–reduction initiation system in various inorganic acids

• Published in: Electrochimica acta Vol. 386; p. 138516
• Main Authors: Zeng, Fanxin, Xiao, Yao, Shen, Yueying, Xu, Xian, Qin, Zongyi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2021; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Aqueous solutions; Atomic force microscopy; Capacitance; Charge storage capability; Cumene; Cumene hydroperoxide; Electrode materials; Electron microscopy; Energy storage; Ferric chloride; Fourier transforms; Hydrochloric acid; Infrared analysis; Infrared spectroscopy; Inorganic acid; Inorganic acids; Microscopy; Morphology; Nitric acid; Oxidation; Phosphoric acid; Polyaniline nanobelts; Polyanilines; Reduction; Spectrum analysis; Sulfuric acid; Polyaniline nanobelts; Ferric chloride; Inorganic acid; Cumene hydroperoxide; Charge storage capability

•Presenting facile template–free strategy for preparing PANI nanobelts in fully aqueous system.•Using ferric chloride and cumene hydroperoxide as oxidation–reduction initiation system.•Discussing the influences of four different inorganic acids on the morphologies and structures of PANIs.•Obtaining...