Hydrotrope-driven facile synthesis of nanosized polyindole and their electrochemical study for supercapacitor application

• Published in: Chemical papers Vol. 77; no. 11; pp. 6785 - 6796
• Main Authors: Vhatkar, Shashikant Shivaji, Abhisek, Kumar, Mathew, Helen Treasa, Oraon, Ramesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.11.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Activated carbon; Ammonium bromides; Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Charge transfer; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chemistry/Food Science; Electrode materials; Electrodes; Energy storage; Hydrotropes; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Ionic mobility; Ions; Materials Science; Medicinal Chemistry; Original Paper; Phase transfer catalysts; Polymerization; Power management; Supercapacitors; Hydrotrope; Supercapacitor; Aqueous; Binder-free; Polyindole

To unleash the crude potential of polyindole (PIN), it is necessary to modify the polymerization technique in a way that a purer form of PIN is obtained with minimal pre- and post-processing. This work emphasizes the chemical oxidative polymerization of indole in the presence of a hydrotrope–tetra n...