High Speciﬁc Capacitance of Polyaniline/Mesoporous Manganese Dioxide Composite Using KI-H 2 SO 4 Electrolyte

: The PANI/Mesoporous MnO 2 composites were prepared through a simple one step method and we introduced the KI-H 2 SO 4 solution as the electrolyte of PANI/MnO 2 composites creatively. The characterization of structure, morphology, and composition are obtained by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermal gravity analysis, Raman spectra, and scanning electron microscope. The electrochemical performances were investigated by constant-current charge–discharge, the voltammetry curve


Introduction
Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, mankind has become an information society.The popularity of computer, mobile communications equipment, and other electronic equipment are crying out for a high-performance energy storage device.As commonly used for maintaining power, there are defects in batteries and electrostatic capacitors' application [1][2][3].Even though the electrostatic capacitors have high power density, nevertheless, its energy storage is low.The batteries are obviously insufficient in service life.Therefore, super-capacitors, as a high-performance energy storage device, have been attracting significant attentions lately due to their wide range of applications in hybrid electric vehicles, information technology, aerospace, etc. Electrode materials are the key factor of super-capacitor's capacitance performance.Metal oxides [4], conducting polymers [5], and carbon porous nanoparticles [6] have been identified as the most Polymers 2015, 7,[1939][1940][1941][1942][1943][1944][1945][1946][1947][1948][1949][1950][1951][1952][1953] promising materials for super-capacitors, whose modification and compounds are being used to enhance the material performance [7][8][9][10].
To date, the capacitance in an electrochemical capacitor can arise from electrical double layer and pseudocapacitace on the charge storage mechanisms [11,12].The pseudocapacitace materials include not only traditional polymer and transition metal oxide [13,14], but also the emerging metal chalcogenides [15,16] and binary metal oxides [17,18].Large numbers of researchers have applied the nanocomposites of conducting polymers and metal oxides to energy storage [19,20].Among the metal oxides, hydrous RuO 2 , NiO, CoO x , and V 2 O 5 have been researched and implemented as electrode material [21][22][23][24].However, the low capacitance and high cost limits their range of applications and have motivated the research into other transition metal oxides.MnO 2 has been regarded as an ideal candidate due to its affordable and easily prepared advantages [25,26].Conducting polymers are a promising electrode material due to their faster doped/doping mechanisms [27][28][29].The polyaniline (PANI) could act as an active electrode material for a super-capacitor because of controllable electrical conductivity, high environmental stability, and capacitance performance [30][31][32].Even though the theoretical specific capacitance of separate manganese dioxide can reach 1370 F/g [33], whereas the practical specific capacitance still keeps several hundred farads which need to be improved by researchers.The PANI also has higher specific capacitance, but the poor mechanical property seriously limits its practical applications.
In recent years, considerable efforts have been carried out to couple the unique advantages of PANI and MnO 2 .The research of PANI/MnO 2 has been the heated topics in many scientific establishments.Sun et al. fabricated PANI/MnO 2 composites (532 F/g) by exchange reaction of polyaniline and MnO 2 in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone solvent, which was tested in 0.1 M NaNO 3 solution [34].Liang et al. obtained the PANI/MnO 2 composites with the method of electroplating, the specific capacitance just reaches 80 F/g in 0.5 M H 2 SO 4 and 0.6 M (NaPO 3 ) 6 electrolyte [35].All kinds of PANI/MnO 2 have been synthesized or modified by other materials.Nevertheless, the specific capacitance of the overwhelming majority of research are generally several hundred Farad per gram [36][37][38][39].Therefore, it is necessary to find a breakthrough point to improve the specific capacitance.
Adding the redox additive to electrolyte is an emerging pattern to enhance the electrochemical performance, which has been applied by Su et al. using Fe(CN) 6 3´/ Fe(CN) 6 4´i ons as an additive [40].
The specific capacitance was increased from 226 to 712 F/g.The oxidation-reduction reaction of the additive generates additional electrons, enhancing the pseudocapacitance.VO 2+ , Cu 2+ , Fe 2+ , and I ´are effective candidates in applications [41][42][43].However, these ions are only widely applied to asymmetric electrode, which are constructed by assembling two round electrodes with a membrane between them.There are few applications in mixed electrolyte which are simple and efficient.Iodine has a variety of valences; there are a number of reversible oxidation-reduction reactions between different valence state iodine [44].Therefore, I 2 has been used to dope polyaniline by many researchers, whereas they just studied the electrical conductivity [45] and few researchers researched the effects to specific capacitance.Additionally, during the process of the protonation of PANI, the H + combined with the PANI molecular chain, thus making the molecular chain carry a positive electric charge, I ´, I 3 ´, or I 5 ´will attach to the molecular chain immediately to keep electric neutrality [46,47].There are some electrochemical reactions among I ´, I 3 ´, and I 5 ´, these will have a positive impact on electrochemical performance.From the above, I ´can be feasibly and effectively applied in increasing the specific capacitance of PANI than other materials.

Mesoporous Manganese Dioxide Preparation
In a typical synthesis of MnO 2 , 4 g KMnO 4 were dissolved in 100 mL distilled water by stirring at room temperature for 30 min.At the same time, 4 mL ethylene glycol was added to 8 mL H 2 SO 4 while continuously stirring until a homogeneous solution is formed.Then, the homogeneous solution was poured into the previous KMnO 4 solution by stirring for additional 30 min.The brown precipitate was repeatedly washed with water until the PH of filtrate is approaching to neutral.

Polyaniline/Mesoporous Manganese Dioxide Composites Preparation
Two gram of MnO 2 is mixed with 1.5 mol/L HCL solution under the agitation condition for 5 min and then 1.5 g AN monomer was added into the mixture solution.An hour later, the composites are collected and washed with water several times and then air-dried at 60 ˝C for an additional 48 h.

Characterization
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations were carried out in a COXEM-20 microscope (COXEM, Daejeon, Korea) at 20 kV.Infrared spectrometry (IR) analyses were performed on a Thermal Nicolet infrared spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA, USA).Thermogravimetric analyses (TGA) were performed using a TA instruments TGA 2050 (Waltham, MA, USA) from room temperature to 600 ˝C, with a heating rate of 10 ˝C min ´1 under nitrogen.Wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) patterns were obtained with a Bruker D8 diffractometer (BRUKER AXS, Berlin, Germany) in reflection mode using Cu Kα = 0.154 nm with a voltage of 40 kV, the Raman spectra were carried out using Raman spectrometry (RENISHAW inVia Raman Microscope, London, UK).

Preparation of Electrodes and Electrochemical Characterization
The working electrode was prepared by mixing active materials, acetylene black, and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in NMP with a mass ratio of 8:1:1 and then dried at 70 ˝C under vacuum for 12 h.The mass of the active material is controlled in 5 mg, and the substrate is a stainless steel sheet that the length is 8 cm and the width is 1 cm.The area loading the active materials is 1 cm 2 (1 cm ˆ1 cm).The electrochemical measurements were performed by a standard three-electrode cell.A saturated calomel electrode (SCE) was used as the reference electrode and a Pt foil electrode (about 1 cm 2 ) was used as the counter electrode.The electrolyte was composed of 1 M H 2 SO 4 and 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.1, 0.05 M KI.The cyclic voltammetry (CV) tests were carried out between ´0.3 and 0.7 V (vs.SCE) at a scan rates of 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 mV¨s ´1.The galvanostatic charge/discharge analyses were accomplished in the potential range of 0-0.35 V (vs.SCE) at 0.5, 1, and 2 A¨g ´1.

SEM Analysis
The morphologies of the MnO 2 and PANI/MnO 2 composite were investigated by SEM. Figure 1a reveals that large numbers of manganese dioxide particles are evenly distributed.As is shown in Figure 1b, the PANI/MnO 2 composites still keep the similar graininess, even though some particles agglomerate together.The surface of the composites is very smooth, but not as coarse as the study of other researchers [35].For the catalysis of MnO 2 to aniline, the PANI is synthesized on the surface of MnO 2 and the MnO 2 may be well wrapped inside by PANI.According to these results, we can infer that the good contact between PANI and MnO 2 is conducive to the transfer of electrons, enhancing the specific capacitance.

XRD and FTIR Analysis
To obtain more chemical composition and mechanics information of the composites, the XRD and FTIR spectra are shown in Figures 2 and 3. Figure 2 shows the XRD patterns of the PANI, MnO2, and PANI/MnO2.There are two resolved peaks of MnO2 in the XRD spectra at 2θ angle of 36.9° and 66.3°.The phase of MnO2 is δ according to the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards (JCPDS) No.42-1317, the 36.9° is associated with (111), the 66.3° is relevant to (312) [48].The low intensity of the bands of MnO2 indicates the poor crystallinity of δ-MnO2, which has been reported by other researchers [49].As is shown in Figure 2 , the PANI/MnO2 exhibits ideal X-ray diffraction peak at 36.9° and 66.3° (corresponding to the pure MnO2) [48], 14.4°,19.6°,and 25.4° (corresponding to the pure PANI) [50].However, the intensity of the peaks decreases slightly, which is due to the interaction between PANI and MnO2.The PANI attached to MnO2 still keeps good crystallization, contributing to the electrical conductivity.The FTIR for MnO2, PANI, and PANI/MnO2 composites are displayed in Figure 3.The characteristic IR peaks of MnO2 can be attributed to the stretching vibration peak of Mn-O (505 cm −1 ) [51], which can be also observed in the PANI/MnO2 composites.The peaks appearing at 1297 and 1569 cm −1 correspond to the C-N and C=N bands.Additionally, the typical 1,4-substituted phenyl ring stretching is observed at 820 cm −1 [52], indicating the backbone structure indirectly.The characteristic absorption bands of PANI/MnO2 composites emerge in both MnO2 and PANI, demonstrating the existence of both components in the composites.

XRD and FTIR Analysis
To obtain more chemical composition and mechanics information of the composites, the XRD and FTIR spectra are shown in Figures 2 and 3. Figure 2 shows the XRD patterns of the PANI, MnO 2 , and PANI/MnO 2 .There are two resolved peaks of MnO 2 in the XRD spectra at 2θ angle of 36.9 ˝and 66.3 ˝.The phase of MnO 2 is δ according to the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards (JCPDS) No.42-1317, the 36.9˝is associated with (111), the 66.3 ˝is relevant to (312) [48].The low intensity of the bands of MnO 2 indicates the poor crystallinity of δ-MnO 2 , which has been reported by other researchers [49].As is shown in Figure 2 , the PANI/MnO 2 exhibits ideal X-ray diffraction peak at 36.9 ˝and 66.3 ˝(corresponding to the pure MnO 2 ) [48], 14.4 ˝,19.6 ˝, and 25.4 ˝(corresponding to the pure PANI) [50].However, the intensity of the peaks decreases slightly, which is due to the interaction between PANI and MnO 2 .The PANI attached to MnO 2 still keeps good crystallization, contributing to the electrical conductivity.The FTIR for MnO 2 , PANI, and PANI/MnO 2 composites are displayed in Figure 3.The characteristic IR peaks of MnO 2 can be attributed to the stretching vibration peak of Mn-O (505 cm ´1) [51], which can be also observed in the PANI/MnO 2 composites.The peaks appearing at 1297 and 1569 cm ´1 correspond to the C-N and C=N bands.Additionally, the typical 1,4-substituted phenyl ring stretching is observed at 820 cm ´1 [52], indicating the backbone structure indirectly.The characteristic absorption bands of PANI/MnO 2 composites emerge in both MnO 2 and PANI, demonstrating the existence of both components in the composites.

TG and DTG Analysis
The thermal stability of MnO2 and the PANI/MnO2 composite were investigated by TG (Figure 4) and DTG (Figure 5).As is shown in Figure 4, The MnO2 has a weight loss of 20% which is due to the removal of water existing both on the surface and in the lattice of the nanostructure before 250 °C [53].The trace loss of MnO2 between 500 and 700 °C is ascribed to the evolution of oxygen caused by the transformation from MnO2 to Mn2O3 [54]. Figure 5 reveals that the PANI/MnO2 possesses a typical four-step decomposition, which emerges a larger weightlessness that is mainly due to the decomposition of PANI between 500 and 700 °C [55,56].The weightlessness still existed when the temperature was increased to 1000 °C, which is due to the carbonization of PANI under nitrogen atmosphere.There is almost 45% left, the residues are carbon and manganese oxide.

TG and DTG Analysis
The thermal stability of MnO2 and the PANI/MnO2 composite were investigated by TG (Figure 4) and DTG (Figure 5).As is shown in Figure 4, The MnO2 has a weight loss of 20% which is due to the removal of water existing both on the surface and in the lattice of the nanostructure before 250 °C [53].The trace loss of MnO2 between 500 and 700 °C is ascribed to the evolution of oxygen caused by the transformation from MnO2 to Mn2O3 [54]. Figure 5 reveals that the PANI/MnO2 possesses a typical four-step decomposition, which emerges a larger weightlessness that is mainly due to the decomposition of PANI between 500 and 700 °C [55,56].The weightlessness still existed when the temperature was increased to 1000 °C, which is due to the carbonization of PANI under nitrogen atmosphere.There is almost 45% left, the residues are carbon and manganese oxide.

TG and DTG Analysis
The thermal stability of MnO 2 and the PANI/MnO 2 composite were investigated by TG (Figure 4) and DTG (Figure 5).As is shown in Figure 4, The MnO 2 has a weight loss of 20% which is due to the removal of water existing both on the surface and in the lattice of the nanostructure before 250 ˝C [53].The trace loss of MnO 2 between 500 and 700 ˝C is ascribed to the evolution of oxygen caused by the transformation from MnO 2 to Mn 2 O 3 [54].Figure 5 reveals that the PANI/MnO 2 possesses a typical four-step decomposition, which emerges a larger weightlessness that is mainly due to the decomposition of PANI between 500 and 700 ˝C [55,56].The weightlessness still existed when the temperature was increased to 1000 ˝C, which is due to the carbonization of PANI under nitrogen atmosphere.There is almost 45% left, the residues are carbon and manganese oxide.

Electrochemical Properties Analysis
Figure 6a shows the CV curves of the PANI/mesoporous MnO2 and MnO2 measured at a scan rate of 5 mv/s in 1 mol/L H2SO4 and 0.2 mol/L KI solution in the potential range of −0.3 and 0.7 V.The PANI/mesoporous MnO2 covers more current area than MnO2 due to: (1) the inter-molecule between PANI and MnO2 contact well; and (2) the PANI attached on the surface of MnO2 is involved in oxidation-reduction reactions between different valence states of iodine ions [54,57].During the process of polyaniline protonation, the molecular chain is positively charged due to the H + attached to molecular chain.In order to maintain electric neutrality, the I − combined with polyaniline molecular chain where reversible redox reactions occurred, the schematic diagram is shown in Figure 7

Electrochemical Properties Analysis
Figure 6a shows the CV curves of the PANI/mesoporous MnO2 and MnO2 measured at a scan rate of 5 mv/s in 1 mol/L H2SO4 and 0.2 mol/L KI solution in the potential range of −0.3 and 0.7 V.The PANI/mesoporous MnO2 covers more current area than MnO2 due to: (1) the inter-molecule between PANI and MnO2 contact well; and (2) the PANI attached on the surface of MnO2 is involved in oxidation-reduction reactions between different valence states of iodine ions [54,57].During the process of polyaniline protonation, the molecular chain is positively charged due to the H + attached to molecular chain.In order to maintain electric neutrality, the I − combined with polyaniline molecular chain where reversible redox reactions occurred, the schematic diagram is shown in Figure 7 [58][59][60].The CV curve of PANI/MnO2 shows a pairs of oxide and reduced peaks at 0.03 and 0.4 V, which is owing to the comprehensive results of the process of doped and doping PANI and possible oxidation-reduction reactions between 3I − /I3 − and 5I − / I5 − .Furthermore, the electrochemical performances are also carried out in different concentrations of I − ion.As is shown in Figure 8a, the CV curves show ideal reduction and oxidation peak at 0-0.2 V and 0.3-0.5 V.The CV curves show a larger area in 1 M H2SO4 + 0.5 M KI electrolyte than other concentrations, indicating the PANI/MnO2 have better capacitive behavior at this concentration.The I − have good conductivity and reversible oxidation-reduction, the large numbers of I − contribute to more electrons [75].Figure 8b reveals that the discharge time become short with the decreasing of I − .The specific capacitance calculated at the concentration of 1 mol/L, 0.5 mol/L, 0.2 mol/L, 0.1 mol/L, and 0.05 mol/L is 1374, 1580, 1405, 1010, and 571 F/g, respectively.The tendency is consistent with the CV curves that the specific capacitance is up to its maximum in 1 M H2SO4 + 0.5 M KI.Therefore, As shown in Figure 6b, the galvanostatic charge-discharge curve of PANI/ mesoporous MnO 2 was tested at a current density of 0.5 A/g.The linear variation of the voltage with time is observed, the longer the time is, the bigger of the specific capacitance is [61].It can be obviously observed that the discharge time of PANI/mesoporous MnO 2 is larger than that under the MnO 2 charge-discharge curve.The specific capacitances of the MnO 2 and PANI/mesoporous MnO 2 calculated from the discharge time are 158 and 1405 F/g, respectively, which are similar to the calculated value of CV.The specific capacitance is calculated according to the Equations ( 1) and ( 2) [62]:

Electrochemical Properties Analysis
where I is the current loaded (A), ∆t is the discharge time (s), ∆V is the potential window during the discharge process, and m is the mass of active material in a single electrode (g).
Cs " where Cs is the specific capacitance in F/g, ş idV is the integrated area of the CV curve, M is the mass of the active materials in the single electrode in g, ∆V is the potential window in V, and υ is the scan rate (v/s).
Additionally, both the discharge curves of MnO 2 and PANI/MnO 2 have obvious voltage drops (IR).The IR drop of PANI/MnO 2 is less than MnO 2 , demonstrating that the PANI/MnO 2 composites have smaller internal resistance [63].Figure 6c also reveals that the internal resistance of PANI/MnO 2 and MnO 2 is 0.5 and 6 Ω, respectively, which is consistent with the charge-discharge curve.Low internal resistance is important for energy storage devices to improve the efficiency.As is shown in Table 1, the obtained specific capacitance is higher than the previous work of other researchers using different electrolyte.The higher capacitance is related to the electron gain or loss in the possible oxidation reduction reactions between the pairs of 3I ´/I 3 ´, 5I ´/I 5 ´, where occurred on the surface of electrode materials [42,64].Therefore, the additional electrons gain and loss except for the PANI doped and doping in the electrolyte enhances the specific capacitance.
Figure 6d-g indicate the CV curves and specific capacitances of PANI/MnO 2 and MnO 2 at different scan rates in 0.2 M KI-1 M H 2 SO 4 .The specific capacitances of PANI/MnO 2 and MnO 2 decreased with the increasing of the scan rate, the value of PANI/MnO 2 is far greater than MnO 2 at the same scan rates.However, the specific capacitance of PANI/MnO 2 still keeps 837 F/g at 100 mv/s, which is also larger than other reports in Table 1, revealing a good rate capability.The drop in the specific capacitance with the increasing of the scan rate may be related to two reasons: first, the scan Furthermore, the electrochemical performances are also carried out in different concentrations of I ´ion.As is shown in Figure 8a, the CV curves show ideal reduction and oxidation peak at 0-0.2 V and 0.3-0.5 V.The CV curves show a larger area in 1 M H 2 SO 4 + 0.5 M KI electrolyte than other concentrations, indicating the PANI/MnO 2 have better capacitive behavior at this concentration.The I ´have good conductivity and reversible oxidation-reduction, the large numbers of I ´contribute to more electrons [75].Figure 8b reveals that the discharge time become short with the decreasing of I ´.
The specific capacitance calculated at the concentration of 1 mol/L, 0.5 mol/L, 0.2 mol/L, 0.1 mol/L, and 0.05 mol/L is 1374, 1580, 1405, 1010, and 571 F/g, respectively.The tendency is consistent with the CV curves that the specific capacitance is up to its maximum in 1 M H 2 SO 4 + 0.5 M KI.Therefore, there may exist some inhibiting effect of electrochemical performance if I ´concentration is over the point.High-concentrated I ´may restrain the process of negative reaction to receive electrons, thus affecting the specific capacitance.
Figure 8c reveals the electrolyte resistance (R s ) calculated from the point of intersecting with the X-axis in the high-frequency range and the charge-transfer resistance (R ct ) calculated from the diameters of semicircle, which are shown in Table 2 [76,77].The impedance data were modelled using an equivalent electrical circuit shown in Figure 9.As is can be seen from the Table 2, the R s and R ct decreased with the concentration of KI increases until the concentration up to 0.5 mol/L, the increasing of ions concentration not only enhanced the electrolyte conductance, resulting in the decrease of R s , but can also provide more I ´to combine with the PANI causing the reversible oxidation-reduction reactions to occur more, leading to the increasing of the specific capacitance and the drop of R ct .When the concentration is over 0.5 mol/L, the high concentration of I ´inhibited the reversible oxidation-reduction reaction, and it may cause the rise of R s and R ct indirectly.Overall, the composite has smaller R s and R ct in 1 M H 2 SO 4 + 0.5 M KI electrolyte, which is beneficial to the ion migration and electron transport.The charging-discharging curves of PANI/MnO 2 at different current densities (1 M H 2 SO 4 + 0.5 M KI electrolyte) are shown in Figure 8d; the specific capacitances decreases with the increasing of current density.The specific capacitance still manages to achieve 857 F/g at 2 A/g, exhibiting good high-rate discharge ability.The voltage window decreased compared with the CV, which may be due to the reason that I ´oxidation-reduction reactions may occur in a very narrow potential under constant current [42].
Polymers 2015, 7,[1939][1940][1941][1942][1943][1944][1945][1946][1947][1948][1949][1950][1951][1952][1953] Polymers 2015, 7 11 there may exist some inhibiting effect of electrochemical performance if I − concentration is over the point.High-concentrated I − may restrain the process of negative reaction to receive electrons, thus affecting the specific capacitance.Figure 8e illustrates the variation of specific capacitance measured at 2 A/g over 500 cycles for PANI/MnO 2 , The specific capacitance decreases slightly in the initial 200 cycles and then remains nearly stable.The PANI/MnO 2 shows a loss of the discharge capacity after 500 cycles.The decrease of the specific capacitance may be the result of two things: the structure of the active material has changed due to the charge and discharge repeatedly, caused the enhancement of polarization effect [62,78]; or the I ´produced I 3 ´and I 5 ´initially, which will decrease the ionic concentration, thus leading to the drop of electrical conductivity.Additionally, there is a noticeable widening of the charge transfer resistance after 500 cycles.In the inset of Figure 8e, the value increased from 0.4 to 1.2 Ω cm 2 and the electrolyte resistance also increased slightly.These provided firm evidence to the further decrease of specific capacitance [16].However, it also remains 90% of the specific capacitance, revealing a good cyclic stability.
Figure6ashows the CV curves of the PANI/mesoporous MnO2 and MnO2 measured at a scan rate of 5 mv/s in 1 mol/L H2SO4 and 0.2 mol/L KI solution in the potential range of −0.3 and 0.7 V.The PANI/mesoporous MnO2 covers more current area than MnO2 due to:(1) the inter-molecule between PANI and MnO2 contact well; and (2) the PANI attached on the surface of MnO2 is involved in oxidation-reduction reactions between different valence states of iodine ions[54,57].During the process of polyaniline protonation, the molecular chain is positively charged due to the H + attached to molecular chain.In order to maintain electric neutrality, the I − combined with polyaniline molecular chain where reversible redox reactions occurred, the schematic diagram is shown in Figure7[58][59][60].The CV curve of PANI/MnO2 shows a pairs of oxide and reduced peaks at 0.03 and 0.4 V, which is owing to the comprehensive results of the process of doped and doping PANI and possible oxidation-reduction reactions between 3I − /I3 − and 5I − / I5 − .

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Figure6ashows the CV curves of the PANI/mesoporous MnO 2 and MnO 2 measured at a scan rate of 5 mv/s in 1 mol/L H 2 SO 4 and 0.2 mol/L KI solution in the potential range of ´0.3 and 0.7 V.The PANI/mesoporous MnO 2 covers more current area than MnO 2 due to: (1) the inter-molecule between PANI and MnO 2 contact well; and (2) the PANI attached on the surface of MnO 2 is involved in oxidation-reduction reactions between different valence states of iodine ions[54,57].During the process of polyaniline protonation, the molecular chain is positively charged due to the H + attached to molecular chain.In order to maintain electric neutrality, the I ´combined with polyaniline molecular chain where reversible redox reactions occurred, the schematic diagram is shown in Figure7[58][59][60].The CV curve of PANI/MnO 2 shows a pairs of oxide and reduced peaks at 0.03 and 0.4 V, which is owing to the comprehensive results of the process of doped and doping PANI and possible oxidation-reduction reactions between 3I ´/I 3 ´and 5I ´/ I 5

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Figure 6.(a) CV curves of MnO 2 and PANI/MnO 2 ; (b) galvanostatic charge-discharge curve of PANI/MnO 2 ; (c) AC impedance curve of MnO 2 and PANI/MnO 2 ; (d) CV curves of PANI/MnO 2 at different scan rates in 0.2 M KI-1 M H 2 SO 4 ; (e) Specific capacitances of the PANI/MnO 2 at different scan rates; (f) CV curves of MnO 2 at different scan rates in 0.2 M KI-1 M H 2 SO 4 ; (g) Specific capacitances of the MnO 2 at different scan rates.

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Figure 7. Schematic diagram of oxidation-reduction reactions among iodine with different valence.The x represents I ´, I 3 ´, I 5 ´, SO 4 2´, etc.

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Figure 8.(a) CV curves of PANI/MnO2 in different concentrations of KI with 1 M H2SO4 electrolytes; (b) galvanostatic charge-discharge curve of PANI/MnO2 in different concentrations of KI with 1 M H2SO4 electrolytes; (c) AC impedance curve of PANI/MnO2 in different concentrations of KI with 1 M H2SO4 electrolytes; (d) galvanostatic charge-discharge curve of PANI/MnO2 at different current density in 0.5 M KI-1 M H2SO4 electrolytes; (e) Cycling stability of PANI/MnO2 using galvanostatic charge discharge measurements at a 2 A/g in 0.5 M KI-1 M H2SO4 electrolytes.The inset shows the Nyquist plot of PANI/MnO2 electrodes before and after cycling stability test.

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Figure 8.(a) CV curves of PANI/MnO 2 in different concentrations of KI with 1 M H 2 SO 4 electrolytes; (b) galvanostatic charge-discharge curve of PANI/MnO 2 in different concentrations of KI with 1 M H 2 SO 4 electrolytes; (c) AC impedance curve of PANI/MnO 2 in different concentrations of KI with 1 M H 2 SO 4 electrolytes; (d) galvanostatic charge-discharge curve of PANI/MnO 2 at different current density in 0.5 M KI-1 M H 2 SO 4 electrolytes; (e) Cycling stability of PANI/MnO 2 using galvanostatic charge discharge measurements at a 2 A/g in 0.5 M KI-1 M H 2 SO 4 electrolytes.The inset shows the Nyquist plot of PANI/MnO 2 electrodes before and after cycling stability test.