Abstract
The fabrication of nanostructured composite materials is an active field of materials chemistry. However, the ensembles of nanostructured titanium monoxide and suboxide species decorated with polyaniline (PANI) species have not been deeply investigated up to now. In this study, such composites were formed on both hydrothermally oxidized and anodized Ti substrates via oxidative polymerization of aniline. In this way, highly porous nanotube-shaped titanium dioxide (TiO2) and nano leaflet-shaped titanium monoxide (TiOx) species films loaded with electrically conductive PANI in an emeraldine salt form were designed. Apart from compositional and structural characterization with Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and Raman techniques, the electrochemical properties were identified for each layer using cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Based on the experimentally determined EIS parameters, it is envisaged that TiO-based nanomaterials decorated with PANI could find prospective applications in supercapacitors and biosensing.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
