Recent trends on synthetic approaches and application studies of conducting polymers and copolymers: a review

Conducting polymers (CPs) have been the subject of extensive investigation due to their electrical, optical and mechanical properties, easy of synthesis and ease of fabrication and high environmental stability. The present review discusses the fundamentals properties of CPs associated with charge ge...

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Published inPolymer bulletin (Berlin, Germany) Vol. 79; no. 12; pp. 10377 - 10408
Main Authors Singh, Neetika, Riaz, Ufana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemical synthesis
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
Conducting polymers
Conductivity
Copolymerization
Copolymers
Electrodes
Electrolytes
Energy storage
Fuel cells
Mechanical properties
Medical imaging
Optical properties
Organic Chemistry
Oxidation
Photovoltaic cells
Physical Chemistry
Polymer Sciences
Polymerization
Polymers
Review Paper
Sensors
Soft and Granular Matter
Solar cells
Solar cells
Conducting polymer
Supercapacitors
Copolymerization
Polyaniline
Polypyrrole
Synthesis strategies
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Summary:Conducting polymers (CPs) have been the subject of extensive investigation due to their electrical, optical and mechanical properties, easy of synthesis and ease of fabrication and high environmental stability. The present review discusses the fundamentals properties of CPs associated with charge generation, followed by various chemical and electrochemical methods of polymerization of these polymers. The synergetic effects in these polymers observed upon copolymerization as well as upon the incorporation of conjugated molecules have also been highlighted. Various investigations based on the synthesis of copolymers of a variety of conducting polymers have been deliberated. At the end of the review, some of the current applications in the field of energy, supercapacitors, solar cells, energy storage, fuel cells, medical diagnostics, sensing devices, bioimaging and photodynamic therapy are also discussed. The review aims to provide a comprehensive outlook about the latest developments in this field.
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ISSN:0170-0839
1436-2449
DOI:10.1007/s00289-021-03987-1