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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 120, Issue 2, Pages 911-918Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11217
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- IISER Pune
- DST Nano Mission (India) [SR/NM/NS-42]
- DAE-BRNS (India) [2011/20/37C/17/BRNS]
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Understanding of Pb-N bonding chemistry is not only fundamentally important in the view of relativistic inert-pair effect but also is important for therapeutic as well as environmental applications. In the present study, an unusual reactivity of N-containing pi-conjugated polyaniline emeraldine base (EB) toward aqueous Pb2+ ions has been identified. In the course of sequestering Pb2+ ions by EB, cuboid-shaped nanocrystals were isolated. Synchrotron-based X-ray absorption near-edge structure and extended X-ray absorption fine structure techniques were employed to understand Pb-N bonding chemistry in EB-Pb nanocrystals. The adopted methodology of slow exposure of HCl vapor to EB-Pb nanomaterial facilitated the isolation of polyaniline emeraldine-salt (ES) with unique morphological patterns, porosity and electrical conductivity. The electrochemical device based on recycled ES showed high-capacitance value (similar to 606 F/g @1 A/g and similar to 663 F/g @10 mV/s), high-energy density (similar to 14.8 Wh/kg at power density of similar to 663 W/kg) and excellent-cycling stability (only similar to 15% degradation after 1100 continued cycles at current density of 5 A/g). Notably, ES materials prepared directly from EB and upon exposing HNO3 vapor exhibited greatly inferior device performance.
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