Polyaniline supercapacitors

Electronically conducting polymers (ECPs) such as polyaniline (PANI), polypyrrole (PPy) and po 1 y(3.4-cthy 1 cncdi oxyth iophcnc) (PEDOT) have been applied in supercapacitors, due to their excellent electrochemical properties and lower cost than other ECPs. We demonstrated that multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) prepared by catalytic decomposition of acetylene in a solid solution are very effective conductivity additives in composite materials based on ECPs. In this paper, we show that a successful application of ECPs in supercapacitor technologies could be possible only in an asymmetric configuration, i.e. with electrodes of different nature. 

Figure 9 shows the discharge curves of a Type I polypyrrole-based, a Type II polypyrrole/poly(3-methylthiophene)-based and a Type III poly(dithieno[3,4-6 3, 4 -d]thiophene-based supercapacitor at 4 mA cm discharge current. Types I and II can be assembled using such conventional heterocyclic polymers as polypyrrole, polyaniline and polythiophene, which are efficiently p-dopable polymers and can easily be chemically or electrochemically synthesized from inexpensive... 

Conducting polymers such as polyacetylene, polypyrrole, polyaniline, polythiophene, etc. have been actively studied for use in various fields due to their interesting properties batteries,46 electrochromic displays,47 materials for supercapacitors,48 corrosion protection,49 protecting layers for static electricity,50 materials for organic electroluminescence displays,51 sensing materials,52 etc. Polypyrrole is reported to be extremely rigid, with a semi-crystalline structure. 

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