Nano-fibrous polyaniline was synthesized on stainless steel electrode in 0.5mol·L-1 H2SO4 solution by pulse galvanostatic method. The effects of synthetic conditions of pulse galvanostatic method on the electroactivity of polyaniline were investigated. The results show that the electroactivity of polyaniline film strongly depends on the synthetic conditions, such as the ratio of “on time” to “off time”(ton/toff), frequency, monomer concentration, temperature and mean current density. Different electroactivities of polyaniline are caused by different morphologies of polyaniline. The nano-fibrous polyaniline has higher electroactivity than polyaniline with other morphologies. Under the following conditions: mean current density of pulse galvanostatic method 13mA·cm-2, ton/toff 1, frequency 200Hz, monomer concentration 0.3mol·L-1 and temperature 20℃, nano-fibrous polyaniline film with the highest electroactivity can be obtained.
The electro-polymerization behavior of aniline in reverse(W/O) microemulsion was investigated. The experiment results show that the cyclic voltammetry polymerization behavior of aniline in W/O microemulsion is different from that in aqueous solution remarkably. With the increase of scan cycle, the oxidation potential shifts positively and the reduction potential shifts negatively, i.e., the redox potential difference increases. H+ apparent concentration affects the aniline polymerization evidently. When H+ concentration is lower than 0.08 mol/L, the electro-polymerization of aniline is difficult. With the increase of H+ concentration, the polymerization current of aniline increases gradually. Only when H+ concentration is high enough(0.5 mol/L), aniline can be well electro-polymerized. Moreover, under the same condition, the aniline polymerization current in W/O microemulsion is higher than that in aqueous solution. The scanning electron microscopy image shows that the deposited polyaniline(PANI) has uniform fiber morphology with diameter of about 100 nm. Further study result suggests that the electrochemical activity of the PANI in HCl is similar to that of the PANI prepared in aqueous solution.
A novel polyaniline-graphite composite film glucose oxidase (PGCF GOD) electrode was developed. The PGCF was synthesized by cyclic voltammetry method in 0.5 mol/L H2SO4 solution containing 1 g/L graphite powder and 0.2 mol/L aniline. The PGCF GOD electrode was prepared by doping GOD into the composite film. The morphology of the PGCF and the response property of the PGCF GOD electrode were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and electrochemical measurement, respectively. The results show that the PGCF has a porous and netty structure and the PGCF GOD electrode has excellent response property such as high sensitivity and short response time. Influences of pH value, temperature, glucose concentration and potential on the response current of the electrode were also discussed. The sensor has a maximum steady-state current density of 357.17 μA/cm2 and an apparent Michaelis-Menten constant of 16.57 mmol/L. The maximum current response of the enzyme electrode occurs under the condition of pH 5.5, 0.8 V and 65 ℃.
Effects of substrate materials on the properties of nanofibrous polyaniline（PANI） film prepared by the pulse galvanostatic method（PGM） were investigated.The chronopotentiograms of aniline polymerization in 0.3 mol/L aniline+1 mol/L HNO3 aqueous solution showed that the anodic potential on Pt and Ru electrodes rised to 880 and 850 mV quickly when the mean current density was 1.0 mA/cm2.The potential turned to（750 mV） after about 40 s and kept constant until the experiment was over.When the aniline polymerization occurred on stainless steel（SS） and Al electrodes,the anodic potential climbed to 1 100 and 1 700 mV respectively,and after about 55 and 250 s it turned to 750 mV.The scanning electron microscopic images demonstrated that the PANI films on Pt,Ru,SS and Al prepared by PGM all exhibited a similar fibrous morphology with a diameter of 80-100 nm.Therefore,it can be considered that the PGM polymerization of aniline on different substrate materials was markedly distinct when the surface of electrode was not covered by PANI completely.The cyclic voltammograms and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy results showed that PANI films on various substrates presented different electrochemical reactivities in an aqueous aniline free solution of（1 mol/L） HNO3.
After being electro-oxidized by cyclic voltammetry(CV) method in 0.5 mol/L H2SO4 solution or in 0.2 mol/L H2O2+0.5 mol/L H2SO4 solution, the Sn/polyaniline (PANI) electrodes were modified with Pt microparticles by pulse galvanostatic method, thus Pt/Sn hydroxide/PANI electrodes were prepared. The electrocatalytic activities of the Pt/Sn/PANI electrode and Pt/Sn hydroxide/PANI electrode for formaldehyde electro-oxidation were investigated by CV method. The effects of deposition charges (Qdep) of PANI, Sn and Pt, scan rate and formaldehyde concentration on the electrocatalytic activity of Pt/Sn hydroxide/PANI electrode were also studied. The results show that the electrocatalytic activities of the Pt/Sn hydroxide/PANI electrodes are much higher than those of the Pt/Sn/PANI electrode.
