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Nanostructuring Polyaniline Using Non-Substituted Imidazolium-Based Ionic liquid as Polymerization Medium Enabling Faster Supercapacitor Operation
by Fatima Al Zohbi, Fouad Ghamouss, Bruno Schmaltz, Mohamed Abarbri, Khalil Cherry, Mohamad fadel Tabcheh and François Tran Van*
AFM 2022, Vol 2, Issue 3, 1-11, https://doi.org/10.35745/afm2022v02.03.0001 - Published on September 30, 2022
Abstract
Non-substituted imidazolium-based protic ionic liquid, namely imidazolium hydrogen sulfate [Imi][HSO4], has been investigated as a polymerization medium for PANI (designated as PANI/PIL). The resulting material was then investigated as electrode materials for supercapacitors. [Imi][HSO4] was prepared via a one-step acid-base reaction, and its structure was confirmed by 1H NMR. [Imi][HSO4] displayed full miscibility with water owing to the charge density distribution of its ions. Furthermore, the...