Nucleation and growth mechanism for the electropolymerization of aniline on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite at higher potentials

被引:11
作者
Hwang, BJ [1 ]
Santhanam, R [1 ]
Wu, CR [1 ]
Tsai, YW [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Taiwan Univ Sci & Technol, Microelectrochem Lab, Dept Chem Engn, Taipei 106, Taiwan
关键词
nucleation; growth; polyaniline; graphite;
D O I
10.1007/s100080000151
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
In this work, the nucleation and growth mechanism for the electropolymerization of aniline was investigated at higher potentials on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite by potentiostatic current-time transient and atomic force microscopic (AFM) measurements. The electrochemical data fitted to the theoretical curves for the nucleation and growth suggest that electropolymerization of aniline follows the three-dimensional growth and progressive nucleation mechanism. These results were also compared with the results obtained at lower potentials. The results obtained from transient analysis, at higher potentials, were in good agreement with the results of AFM images.
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页数:7
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