Fig. 3

SEM images of raw coal (A), activated carbon with porous structure (B), the resulted graphite flakes in the activated samples (C), SEM image of PANI/CA composite (D and E), HRTEM images of PANI/CA composite (F), SEM images of synthetic PANI/N.CA composite (G and H), and HRTEM image of PANI/N.CA composite (I) (red arrows refer to coal flakes and blue arrows refers to PANI).