Journal
CARBON
Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 1051-1056Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.10.010
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- Spanish MICINN
- FEDER [PROMETEO/2009/047]
- PLAN E [CTQ2009-10813/PPQ, MAT2010-15273, PLE2009-0021]
- Generalitat Valenciana
- ESRF [MA-365]
- Spanish MEC [SB2010-0132]
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Activated carbon fiber (ACF)/polyaniline (PAN!) materials have been prepared using two different methods, viz, chemical and electrochemical polymerization. Electrochemical characterization of both materials shows that the electrodes with polyaniline have a higher capacitance than does a pristine porous carbon electrode. To analyze the distribution of PANI within the ACF, characterization by position-resolved microbeam small-angle X-ray scattering (mu SAXS) has been carried out. mu SAXS results obtained with a single ACF indicate that, for the experimental conditions used, a PANI coating is formed inside the micropores and that it is higher in the external regions of the ACF than in the core. Additionally, it seems that the penetration of PANI inside the fibers occurs in a larger extent for the chemical polymerization or, in other words, for the electrochemically polymerized sample there is a slightly larger accumulation of PANI in the external regions of the ACF. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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