One-step synthesis of graphene/polyaniline hybrids by in situ intercalation polymerization and their electromagnetic properties

Xiangnan Chen; Fanchen Meng; Zuowan Zhou; Xin Tian; Liming Shan; Shibu Zhu; Xiaoling Xu; Man Jiang; Li Wang; David Hui; Yong Wang; Jun Lu; Jihua Gou

doi:10.1039/C4NR01738B

One-step synthesis of graphene/polyaniline hybrids by in situ intercalation polymerization and their electromagnetic properties†

Xiangnan Chen,^a Fanchen Meng,^a Zuowan Zhou,*^a Xin Tian,^a Liming Shan,^a Shibu Zhu,^a Xiaoling Xu,^a Man Jiang,*^a Li Wang,^b David Hui,^c Yong Wang,*^a Jun Lu^a and Jihua Gou^d

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^a Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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^b China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing 100094, China

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA

^d Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA

Abstract

A new method is introduced for the preparation of graphene/polyaniline hybrids using a one-step intercalation polymerization of aniline inside the expanded graphite. The structural and morphological characterizations were performed by X-ray diffraction analysis, transmission electron microscopy and field emission scanning electron microscopy. Both the experimental and first-principles simulated results show that the aniline cation formed by aniline and H⁺ tends to be drawn towards the electron-enriched zone and to intercalate into the interlayer of graphite. Subsequently, an in situ polymerization leads to the separation of graphite into graphene sheet, resulting from the exothermic effect and more vigorous movements of the chain molecules of polyaniline. The interactions between polyaniline and graphene were confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectra. In addition, the graphene/polyaniline hybrid exhibited a breakthrough in the improvement of microwave absorption.

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One-step synthesis of graphene/polyaniline hybrids by in situ intercalation polymerization and their electromagnetic properties†

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