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Polyaniline (PANI) nanomaterials doped with three different sulfonic acid surfactants (perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange resin (Nafion), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS)) were prepared using an emulsion polymerization method with manganese dioxide (MnO2) as the oxidant. The structure and morphology of the products were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Symmetric redox supercapacitor was assembled with doped PANI as the active electrode material. The electrochemical performances of the materials were evaluated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and galvanostatic charge-discharge tests. These results suggest that the introduction of surfactant is beneficial for the formation of a fiber structure and increases the dispersion of PANI. A PANI-Nafion network with distributed porosity and average diameters of 30-40 nm is obtained. The specific capacitances of PANI-Nafion, PANI-SDS, and PANI-SDBS electrodes at 0.1 A•g -1 are 385.3, 359.7, and 401.6 F•g -1 , respectively. Among these electrodes PANI-Nafion delivers the best cycle performance, maintaining 70.7% of its initial capacitance after 1000 cycles.

Acoustic attenuation performance through a constricted duct is greatly improved by an annular resonator. A method based on the Green's function for a semi-infinite circular duct is proposed to calculate the transmission loss, where the velocity distributions are assumed to be uniform at the constriction inlet/outlets and at the inlet to the annular resonator. From an analogous acoustical circuit, the effect of higher order evanescent modes on the quarter-wave resonance is described by an extra length. The improved acoustic attenuation performance is also confirmed by an experiment.