本論文では、ポリイミドスルホン酸をエレクトロスピニングによりナノファイバー化させ、これと導電性高分子であるポリアニリンを導入して、導電性ナノファイバーを創製するものです。ポリイミドスルホン酸の持つ、耐薬品性や機械強度に加え、導電性高分子に対してドーパントとして機能するので、導電性高分子の活性を安定化させる効果につながっています。また、本論文では、このようなレドックス活性な導電性ナノファイバーマットの電気化学的応答計測するための、電気化学セルを提案しています。広く、導電性ナノファイバーマットを電気化学計測するための汎用性ある方法として活用できる内容となっています。
Fabrication and electrochemical instrumentation of redox‐active nanofiber mat for polyaniline incorporated with poly(imide sulfonate)
Eiichi Shoji*, Hiroaki Hatano, Masanori Hatashita
First published: 20 December 2019
Polymers for Advanced Technologies,31(5), 980-987, 2020
Abstract
In this study, we demonstrate the fabrication of an electrochemically active nanofiber mat that is a composite of high‐performance poly(imide sulfonate) (PIS) and polyaniline (PANI). First, a nonconductive nanofiber mat comprising nanofibers having diameters of ca. 300 nm was fabricated by the electrospinning of ionomeric PIS in N,N‐dimethylformamide (DMF). Then, the nanofibers were modified using PANI, which was synthesized by the oxidative polymerization of aniline, yielding an electrochemically active nanofiber mat having a diameter of ca. 350 nm. It was confirmed that PANI was successfully incorporated onto the PIS nanofiber mats by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Subsequently, we conducted electrochemical measurements of the PANI‐modified nanofiber mats using a tailor‐made attachment in which the working electrode gently comes in contact with the nanofiber mat surface. This attachment was observed to be widely useful in the cyclic voltammetry measurements related to redox‐active nanofibers. These observations are expected to contribute to the advancements in application development of the electrochemically active nanofiber mats.
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