Lignosulfonate-doped polyaniline: Morphology, structure and properties

This minireview summarized the polyaniline, PANI, synthesis process using lignosulfonate, LGS, as the dopant and template. The LGS-doped PANI can be formed as micro-/nanofibers or spheres with enhanced structure and properties. In additional to the unique LGS doping, LGS can be also combined with other dopants, e.g. the triton-100, TX100, to form combined doping furthermore modify the structure and enhance the properties for PANI. In this review, some future perspectives were considered and presented on the basis of current reported detailed studies and the LGS-based PANI capable application.