Tuning polyaniline nanostructures via end group substitutions and their morphology dependent electrochemical performances

The dimension of polyaniline (PANI) is effectively tuned by changing the end groups of additive surfactants. PANI fiberboards, dendrites, and rods are separately obtained through the guidance of micelle soft templates formed by the corresponding surfactants, i.e., sodium dodecyl sulfonate (SDS), sodium lauryl sulfonate (SLS), and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS). Detailed mechanistic studies reveal that PANI structures are fabricated from...