Intrinsically Conducting Polymer Composites as Active Masses in Supercapacitors

Md Ikram Ul Hoque; Rudolf Holze

doi:10.3390/polym15030730

Intrinsically Conducting Polymer Composites as Active Masses in Supercapacitors

Polymers (Basel). 2023 Jan 31;15(3):730. doi: 10.3390/polym15030730.

Authors

Md Ikram Ul Hoque^{1

2}, Rudolf Holze^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Chemistry, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
² Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
³ Department of Electrochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
⁴ Institut für Chemie, Chemnitz University of Technology, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.

Abstract

Intrinsically conducting polymers ICPs can be combined with further electrochemically active materials into composites for use as active masses in supercapacitor electrodes. Typical examples are inspected with particular attention to the various roles played by the constituents of the composites and to conceivable synergistic effects. Stability of composite electrode materials, as an essential property for practical application, is addressed, taking into account the observed causes and effects of materials degradation.

Keywords: capacitive storage; intrinsically conducting polymer; pseudocapacitive; supercapacitor.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.