Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.11, 990-991, 2003
Enhanced electrochemomechanical behaviors of polyaniline films by chloride concentrations
Electrochemomechanical deformations (ECMD) of polyaniline film have been enhanced in hydrochloric acid (HCl) equilibrated in pH 1.2 with sodium chloride (NaCl). The maximum film deformation has been reached to 7%, which is two times larger than that observed in 1 M HCl. Taking the pH dependence of redox-potential into account, this enhancement can be explained by the increase of anion doping ratio.