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Preparation and electrochemical performances of porous polypyrrole film by interfacial polymerization
Author(s) -
Shen Mingxia,
Han Yongqin,
Lin Xiaochen,
Ding Bing,
Zhang Luojiang,
Zhang Xiaogang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.37958
Subject(s) - polypyrrole , polymerization , materials science , ionic liquid , supercapacitor , electrochemistry , chemical engineering , porosity , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , pyrrole , polymer chemistry , capacitance , interfacial polymerization , polymer , chemistry , monomer , composite material , catalysis , organic chemistry , electrode , engineering
In this study, porous polypyrrole (PPy) film was synthesized by facile interfacial polymerization using ionic liquid as oxidant. The morphology of PPys changed from dense microspherical/nanospherical agglomerated structure to porous structure with the increasing concentration of the oxidant. The magnetic ionic liquid, 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetrachloroferrate (Bmim[FeCl 4 ]), played a major role of oxidant when the concentration was lower than 0.075 M . As the concentration increased to 0.075 M , the π–π interactions between pyrrole cations and iminazole ring of Bmim[FeCl 4 ], as evidenced by Fourier transform infrared spectrometer results, may affect the packing of PPy chains and subsequently cause the formation of porous structure of PPys. Electrochemical performances showed that PPy with porous structure displayed the highest specific capacitance of 170 F/g at a current density of 2 A/g in 1 M H 2 SO 4 solution and a good capacitive behavior, which has potential application as supercapacitor materials. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013