Nanostructured conductive polymers for advanced energy storage
Conductive polymers combine the attractive properties associated with conventional polymers and unique electronic properties of metals or semiconductors. Recently, nanostructured conductive polymers have aroused considerable research interest owing to their unique properties over their bulk counterp...
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| Published in | Chemical Society reviews Vol. 44; no. 19; pp. 6684 - 6696 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
07.10.2015
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| Summary: | Conductive polymers combine the attractive properties associated with conventional polymers and unique electronic properties of metals or semiconductors. Recently, nanostructured conductive polymers have aroused considerable research interest owing to their unique properties over their bulk counterparts, such as large surface areas and shortened pathways for charge/mass transport, which make them promising candidates for broad applications in energy conversion and storage, sensors, actuators, and biomedical devices. Numerous synthetic strategies have been developed to obtain various conductive polymer nanostructures, and high-performance devices based on these nanostructured conductive polymers have been realized. This Tutorial review describes the synthesis and characteristics of different conductive polymer nanostructures; presents the representative applications of nanostructured conductive polymers as active electrode materials for electrochemical capacitors and lithium-ion batteries and new perspectives of functional materials for next-generation high-energy batteries, meanwhile discusses the general design rules, advantages, and limitations of nanostructured conductive polymers in the energy storage field; and provides new insights into future directions.
Nanostructured conductive polymers (nCPs) have aroused considerable research interest owing to their unique properties over their bulk counterparts, such as high electrical conductivity, large surface areas, and shortened pathways for charge/mass transport. These advantageous features make them promising candidates for applications in energy storage devices. |
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| Bibliography: | Lele Peng received his BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2012. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Prof. Guihua Yu. His current interests include the synthesis and characterization of 2D nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion, especially for lithium-ion batteries and high performance supercapacitors. Dr Guihua Yu is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his BS degree with the highest honor in chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China, earned his PhD in chemistry at Harvard University in 2009, followed by postdoc training at Stanford University. His research has been focused on the rational synthesis and self-assembly of functional organic nanostructures and two-dimensional nanostructured solids for advanced energy technologies, and fundamental understanding of the structure-property-performance relationship of these new synthetic nanoscale materials. Ye Shi is a Materials Science and Engineering graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. He received BS and MS degrees in Polymer Science and Engineering at Zhejiang University. In fall 2013, he began graduate studies with Prof. Guihua Yu at the University of Texas at Austin, focusing on the synthesis and modification of conductive polymer nanomaterials and their applications in energy storage and functional devices. |
| ISSN: | 0306-0012 1460-4744 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c5cs00362h |