Controllable preparation strategies for aniline based carbon materials
As a common organic small molecule,aniline is often used as the starting monomer for the preparation of carbon materials due to its simple and controllable polymerization process.This paper summarizes four main strategies for preparing carbon materials u-sing aniline as the starting monomer.One is to adjust the experimental conditions or introduce additives in the process of polymerization to achieve polyaniline and carbon materials with different morphologies.The second is to prepare polyaniline/carbon composites with synergistic effects by in-situ polymerization of aniline on the surface of carbon materials.Thirdly,initiating coordination reactions be-tween aniline derivatives and metal salts via solvothermal reaction.The solvothermal products and carbon materials with different mor-phologies can be obtained based on various coordination structures and the catalytic oxidation ability of metal salts.Fourth,aniline de-rivatives and organic molecules are linked by covalent bond to prepare covalent organic frameworks and carbon materials with different structures.These four strategies have a certain degree of universality.And this article aims to trigger more thinking on obtaining carbon materials with different morphologies using organic small molecules as starting monomers.