A Review on Conducting Polymers-Based Composites for Energy Storage Application

Abstract

Conducting polymers (CPs) have been gathering a great interest in academia and industry by providing the opportunity of combining the electrical properties of a semiconductor and metals with the traditional advantages of conventional polymers such as easy and low cost preparation and fabrication. In this review we examined the conducting polymers-based composites for supercapacitor and batteries, such as conducting polymer-based binary, ternary, and quaternary composites. For their applications in energy storage field, we critically review the development of their applications and the general design rules for energy storage devices including supercapacitors, lithium and other-ions batteries, and their current limitations and future potential to advance energy storage technologies. It is expected that this review will help to improve the knowledge about this conducting polymer and consequently lead to new research fields.

Synthesis of Phosphorus-Containing Polyanilines by Electrochemical Copolymerization

“…This is because of their outstanding mechanical, optical, magnetic, and electrical properties, as well as their low cost and easiness of preparation. As such, conducting polymers have proven to be promising materials for a number of technological applications [1,2]. Among these materials, polyaniline (PANI) stands out as an environmentally stable polymer [3,4] that can be used in fuel cells [5], energy storage systems [6,7], sensors [8], or, more recently, as a precursor of nitrogen-containing carbon materials with exceptional electrocatalytic behavior [9,10].…”

Rational design and microwave-assisted synthesis of a novel terthiophene derivative for facile preparation of binder-free polymer/metal oxide-based binary composite electrodes with high electrochemical performance

“…In this context, the homogeneous combination of the conducting polymer matrix and metal oxide particles through strong chemical interactions without any binder resulted in better supercapacitive properties compared to different polymer/metal oxide composite materials prepared based on the oxidative in situ polymerization or physical blending technique, previously reported. 79–87 The results prove that this binder-free technique would be an excellent choice for the preparation of novel binary or ternary composite electrode materials, without loss of any active surface area and porosity in the design of high-performance supercapacitors.…”

Polymer-Magnetic Semiconductor Nanocomposites for Industrial Electronic Applications

“…To meet these needs, metal oxide coupled conducting polymer nanocomposites are a pseudocapacitive material that exhibits high-performance electrochemical properties for charge storage applications [128]. Conductive polymers such as polyaniline, polypyrrole, polythiophene, and some others, have been shown to have great flexibility, controllable thickness, and a high conductivity value (>10 3 S/cm) but lower stability [129].…”