Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) are promising materials for the construction of energy devices, particularly organic solar cells. In the electrospinning process, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) has been utilized to generate nanofibers, which is the simplest and most popular method of creating carbon nanofibers (CNFs) followed by carbonization. The CNFs are coated on stainless steel (SS) plates and involve an electropolymerization process. The prepared Cu, CNF, CNF–Cu, PANI, PANI–Cu, CNF–PANI, and CNF–PANI–Cu electrode materials’ electrical conductivity was evaluated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) technique in 1 M H2SO4 electrolyte solution. Compared to others, the CNF–PANI–Cu electrode has higher conductivity that range is 3.0 mA. Moreover, the PANI, CNF–PANI, and CNF–PANI–Cu are coated on FTO plates and characterized for their optical properties (absorbance, transmittance, and emission) and electrical properties (CV and Impedance) for organic solar cell application. The functional groups, and morphology-average roughness of the electrode materials found by FT–IR, XRD, XPS, SEM, and TGA exhibit a strong correlation with each other. Finally, the electrode materials that have been characterized serve to support and act as the nature of the hole transport for organic solar cells.

An eco-friendly material was synthesized through interfacial polymerization of aniline on particles of g-C3N4 with arginine, resulting in Arg-PANI@g-C3N4 composite. The as-synthesized composite was characterized by the Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller (BET) surface area, X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The adsorption capability of as-synthesized composite towards Orange G (OG) dye has been evaluated under several experimental conditions, such as the adsorbent dosage, initial dye concentration, contact time under agitation, pH of dye solution and temperature. Thermodynamics parameters such as free energy (ΔG°), entropy (ΔS°), and enthalpy (ΔH°) were also calculated and suggested that the adsorption process is spontaneous and endothermic in nature. The kinetics data revealed that the adsorption of OG dye onto Arg-PANI@g-C3N4 follows the pseudo-second order kinetics model. The maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 80.54 mg·g−1. Furthermore, the Arg-PANI@g-C3N4 surface exhibited a Langmuir-like adsorption isotherm in contrast to a Freundlich isotherm due to homogeneous active site distribution. Regeneration investigation showed the excellent reusability of Arg-PANI@g-C3N4 composite during the cleaning up of solution containing OG dye molecules.

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has attracted extensive attention in energy storage due to its suitable and tunable bandgap, high chemical/thermal stability, earth abundance and environmental friendliness. However, its conductivity should be improved to work as the electrode materials in supercapacitors. In this report, we have prepared a two-dimensional composite (CN-PANI) based on g-C3N4 and polyaniline (PANI) by in-situ polymerization, which can be efficiently applied as electrode material for supercapacitors. The introduction of PANI can increase the conductivity of the electrode, and the porous structure of g-C3N4 can provide enough channels for the transport of electrolyte ions and improve the electrode stability. As a result, the obtained CN-PANI demonstrates excellent specific capacitance (234.0 F g− 1 at 5 mV/s), good rate performance and high cycling stability (86.2% after 10,000 cycles at 50 mV/s), showing great potential for high-rate supercapacitors.

In recent years, special attention of energy researchers has been paid to application of polymer–carbon dots composite in energy storage systems. In this work, for the first time, we introduced a combination of polyaniline, carbon dots, polypyrrole and graphene as high performance supercapacitor. Synergistic effect of conductive polymers combined with specific properties of graphene and carbon dots improved the electrochemical performance of supercapacitor. Carbon dots was prepared from carrot juice hydrothermally as a biomass carbon source and polyaniline–carbon dots was synthesized via in-situ polymerization. Electrochemical performance of polyaniline with different carbon dots content was investigated and nanocomposite of polyaniline with 10 wt% carbon dots was selected to mix with polypyrrole–graphene to obtain a high potential window supercapacitor. The as-prepared composite was characterized by several spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. The electrochemical properties of this electrode were studied by cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge/discharge, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques. A polyaniline–carbon dots (10%)/polypyrrole–graphene has showed the maximum specific capacitance of 396 F g− 1. Value of specific capacity remained at 62% under the current density of 5 A g− 1.

Polyaniline–graphene quantum dots (PANI–GQDs) are considered as an important candidate for applications in photovoltaic cells. In this work, GQDs were prepared using sono-Fenton reagent from reduced graphene oxide (rGO). PANI–GQD hybrid was also synthesized using the chemical in situ polymerization method. The synthesized materials were characterized using UV–visible (UV–Vis) spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy, current–voltage (I–V) characteristic, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Dynamic light scattering was also used to estimate the lateral size of GQDs. The enhanced visible-light absorbance in the hybrid was confirmed by UV–Vis analysis and the decrease in intensity around 3461 cm−1 in FT-IR spectra was due to the interaction between functional groups of PANI with GQDs. This led to improved thermal stability and conductivity as observed from TGA and I–V analysis, respectively. Moreover, the Raman spectrum for PANI–GQDs showed a decrease in the peak at ~ 1348 and ~ 1572 cm−1 as compared to PANI and GQDs. Similarly, from the XRD profile of PANI–GQDs, a shift in peak was observed due to an alteration in the microstructure. A sandwich device with cell structure glass/ITO/PANI–GQDs/Al was fabricated and its application was tested. Current density–voltage (J–V) curve of the device was measured with a Keithley SMU 2400 unit under an illumination intensity of 100 Wm−2 simulating the AM 1.5 solar spectrum. The hybrid exhibited photovoltaic properties, and 0.857% efficiency was observed in response to the applied voltage. This work suggests that PANI can be used as an alternative material for photovoltaic cells.

본 연구에서는 탄소 나노재료 중 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드와 전도성 고분자중 폴리아닐린을 복합화 하여 슈퍼커패시터용 전극을 제조하였으며, 각각의 전극 재료가 가지는 단점을 서로 보완하고 장점을 극대화시킴으로써 전극의 전기화학적 특성을 크게 향상 시킬 수 있었다. 전극 물질에 사용된 폴리아닐린은 아닐린 단량체를 화학 중합법으로 제조하였고, 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드는 별도의 전 처리 과정 없이 사용 하였으며, DMF(N,N-dimethyl formamide)를 용매로 도입하여 분산용액을 제조하였다. 분산용액은 금이 코팅된PET(Polyethylene terephthalate) 기판위에 산업적 스케일로 적용이 가능한 스프레이 코팅 방법을 이용하여 전극으로 제조하였다. 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드/폴리아닐린 복합재료를 기반으로 제조된 전극의 전기화학적 특성을 비교하기 위하여 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드와 폴리아닐린 단일 전극을 제조하였으며, 동일 한 조건하에서 순환전압전류법, 임피던스 분광법, 정전류 충·방전법을 통하여 각각의 전극이 나타내는 전기 화학적 특성을 비교·분석 하였다. 그 결과로, 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드/폴리아닐린 복합재료를 기반으로 제조된 전극은 폴리아닐린, 환원된 그래핀 옥사 단일 전극에 비하여 전기 용량 값이 높게 나타났으며, 전해질 계면과의 내부 저항은 폴리아닐린, 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드 단일 전극에 비하여 각각 24 %, 58 % 감소하는 결과를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로 미루어보아 본 연구를 통하여 제조된 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드/폴리 아닐린 복합재료 기반의 전극은 유연성 에너지 저장 매체나 웨어러블 전자기기에 적용이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

생분해성 고분자인 셀룰로오스 아세테이트(CA)를 매트릭스로 용액 중합된 HCl이 50% 정도 도핑된 PAni를 첨가하여 도전성 PCA 복합 필름을 제조하여 기계적, 전기적 특성 및 표면 morphology를 고찰하였다. PCA 복합 필름의 인장강도는 PAni 함유량 5 wt% 인 경우 순수 CA 필름(377.1 kgf/cm2)에 비해 27% 정도 감소된 275.2 kgf/cm2를 나타내었으며, 신율도 7.65%에서 4.35% 정도로 감소하였다. 표 면저항은 PAni의 함량에 따라 감소하였으며, PAni 함유량이 5 wt%인 PCA05의 경우 7.0x109 Ω/sq로 정전기 방지용 필름으로 사용이 가능할 정도였다. 표면 정전기량의 소멸 속도도 PAni 함량에 따라 비례 하여 빨라짐을 확인하였다. PCA 복합 필름의 열적 안정성은 PAni 함량이 늘어남에 따라 분해온도가 낮 아졌으며, 최종 재(char)의 함량은 PAni의 함량에 비례하였다. 최종 재의 함량을 이용하여 미지의 PCA 복합 필름 중의 PAni의 분율을 계산할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

In this study, polyaniline (PANI)/graphene nanosheet (GNS) composites were synthesized through chemical oxidation polymerization by changing the weight ratio of aniline mono-mers. To examine the morphological structure of the composites, scanning electron micros-copy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were conducted. TEM results revealed that fibril-likePANI with a diameter of 50 nm was homogeneously coated on the surface of the GNS. The electrochemical properties of the composites were studied by cyclic voltam-metry in 1 M H2SO4 electrolyte. Among the prepared samples, the PANI/GNS (having 40 wt% aniline content) showed the highest specificcapacitance, 528 Fg-1, at 10 mVs-1. The im-proved performance was attributed to the GNS, which provides a large number of active sites and good electrical conductivity. The resulting composites are promising electrode materials for high capacitative supercapacitors.

Characteristics of polyaniline anti-corrosive coatings with various primer coating resins(epoxy resin, urethane resin, and others) and top coating resins(epoxy and acrylic urethane resins) were investigated through adhesion, acid resistance, alkaline resistance, water resistance, and anti-corrosion tests. As a result, the anti-corrosive properties of the prepared coatings using polyaniline varied with the types of primer and top coating resins. In this condition, the properties of adhesion, chemical resistance, and water resistance were found to be very satisfactory when using emeraldine base (EB) of polyaniline blended with single-packaged urethane and acrylic urethane resins as the primer coatings, and using acrylic urethane resin as the top coatings. Also, the anti-corrosive function of these anti-corrosive coatings was well preserved for 1000 hr in the salt spray experiment.

Anti-corrosive coatings for steel structures with an alternative anti-corrosive pigment, polyaniline was prepared and anti-corrosive characteristics of the prepared coatings were investigated. The structure of the polyaniline was identified by using FT-IR, UV/Vis. and TGA analysis, and the anti-corrosive properties were analyzed from the results of the salt spray experiment. We found that the anti-corrosion properties of the prepared coatings varied in accordance with the types of primer coating resins as well as with the existence and nonexistence of the top coating. In this condition, the properties of adhesion, chemical resistance, and water resistance were found to be very satisfactory when using the single-packaged urethane resin as the primer coating resin and the urethane resin as the top coating resin.

폴리아닐린(polyaniline, PANI)과 도판트인 camphorsulfonic acid(CSA), dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid(DBSA)와 의몰비 변화에 따라 가상 n형 PANI을 제조하였다. FT-IR측정으로부터 도핑유무를 확인하였고, indium thin oxide(ITO)에 코팅하여 제조한 전극에 대해, 순환전압전류법과 교류임피던스법을 이용하여 도판트의 영향을 조사하였다. FT-IR과 순환전압전류법으로부터, 제조된 전극이 양이온의 도핑-탈도핑이 일어나는 가상 n형의 특성을 가짐을 확인하였다. 순환전압전류법에서 산화-환원 피크전류값은 PANI/DBSA에 비하여 PANI/CSA가 약 5 배정도 더 큰 결과를 보였다. 교류임피던스법으로부터, 두 전극 모두 이상적인 Randles의 등가회로와 유사한 거동을 보였다. 전하이동저항은 PANI/CSA에서 1.14~1.09 kΩ으로 거의 일정한 값을 보였고, PANI/DBSA는 DBSA 몰 비에 증가에 따라 27.73~8.37KΩ으로 감소하여 나타났다. 이중층용량 또한 PANI/CSA는 13.47~14.59 μF으로 거의 일정하였으나, PANI/DBSA는 DBSA 몰 비 증가에 따라 0.49~l.20 μF으로 증가를 보였다. 결과적으로 PANI/CSA의 전기적 특성이 더 좋았으나, 도판트의 몰 비 증가에 따른 특성은 PANI/CSA 전극은 거의 일정하였고, PANI/DBSA 전극은 전기적 활성이 좋아짐을 알 수 있었다.