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Polyaniline was first confirmed as a dark green precipitate on an electrode during the electrochemical polymerization of aniline in 1862. Since then, scientists have been studying the kinetics and growth mechanisms of polyaniline through the electrochemical approach. Studies have shown that p-phenylenediamine, p-aminodiphenylamine, and other aromatic small molecules may serve as initiators for accelerating the polymerization reaction due to the autocatalytic effect of polyaniline. However, little research has been focused on the catalytic effects of introducing oligoanilines. In this paper, quantitative rate constants for the electrochemical polymerization of aniline in both HCl and acetonitrile/HCl solutions with 0.5 mol % of added oligoanilines including diphenylamine, N-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine, 1,4-phenylenediamine, N,N′-diphenyl-1,4-phenylenediamine, 4,4′-diaminodiphenylamine, and tetraaniline in both emeraldine and leucoemeraldine states are reported. Among all the rate constants, N-phenyl-p-phenyl... |