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Expeditious And Eco-Friendly Hydrothermal Polymerization Of Pedot Nanoparticles For Binderfree High Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes, Murugesan Rajesh, C Justin Raj, Byung Chul Kim, Ramu Manikandan, Sung Jin Kim, Sang-Yeup Prof Sang-Yeup Park, Kwangsoo Lee, Kook Hyun Yu Jan 2016

Expeditious And Eco-Friendly Hydrothermal Polymerization Of Pedot Nanoparticles For Binderfree High Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes, Murugesan Rajesh, C Justin Raj, Byung Chul Kim, Ramu Manikandan, Sung Jin Kim, Sang-Yeup Prof Sang-Yeup Park, Kwangsoo Lee, Kook Hyun Yu

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) is a promising conjugated polymer that has attracted attention because of its outstanding electronic properties, useful for a wide range of applications in energy storage devices. However, synthesis of high-quality PEDOT occurs via vapour phase polymerization and chemical vapour deposition techniques using extrinsic hard templates or complicated experimental setups. This study introduces a simple hydrothermal polymerization technique using ferric chloride (FeCl3) as an oxidizing agent to overcome the above drawback, which results in good conductive, crystalline PEDOT nanodendrites and nanospheres. The effects of varying the molar ratio of FeCl3 oxidant were investigated in terms of the structural, morphological …


Optimization Of The Sequential Polymerization Synthesis Method For Polypyrrole Films, Danial Sangian, Wen Zheng, Geoffrey M. Spinks Jan 2014

Optimization Of The Sequential Polymerization Synthesis Method For Polypyrrole Films, Danial Sangian, Wen Zheng, Geoffrey M. Spinks

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Polypyrrole (PPy) is widely used as an electroactive material and is most often synthesized using electrochemical polymerization. Recently, a new electropolymerization method [1] was introduced that involved preparing the PPy as a sequential series of electrodeposited layers with solvent washing in between each deposited layer. This method enabled high quality PPy free-standing films to be prepared in a relatively short time. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of the polymerization current density on the mechanical and electrical properties of the sequentially polymerized (SEP) PPy films. It was found that a low current density (0.1 mA/cm2) …


Vapor Phase Polymerization Of Edot From Submicrometer Scale Oxidant Patterned By Dip-Pen Nanolithography, Cathal D. O'Connell, Michael J. Higgins, Hiroshi Nakashima, Simon E. Moulton, Gordon G. Wallace Jan 2012

Vapor Phase Polymerization Of Edot From Submicrometer Scale Oxidant Patterned By Dip-Pen Nanolithography, Cathal D. O'Connell, Michael J. Higgins, Hiroshi Nakashima, Simon E. Moulton, Gordon G. Wallace

Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Some of the most exciting recent advances in conducting polymer synthesis have centered around the method of vapor phase polymerization (VPP) of thin films. However, it is not known whether the VPP process can proceed using significantly reduced volumes of oxidant and therefore be implemented as part of nanolithography approach. Here, we present a strategy for submicrometer scale patterning of the conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) via in situ VPP. Attolitre (10-18 L) volumes of oxidant "ink" are controllably deposited using dip-pen nanolithography (DPN). DPN patterning of the oxidant ink is facilitated by the incorporation of an amphiphilic block copolymer …