“…Polyaniline (PANI), because of its simplicity of synthesis, low-cost monomers, tunable properties, and relative stability [ 9 , 10 ], has been comprehensively studied as a semiconducting polymeric material [ 11 , 12 ]. Tremendous efforts are being put into tailoring the properties of PANI for applications in futuristic semiconductor devices such as light-emitting diodes, transistors, and solar cells, among others [ 13 ]. Such applications demand the polymer to possess an optimum optical bandgap associated with an appreciable conductivity [ 14 ].…”