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Polypyrrole Doped With Redox-Active Poly(2-Methoxyaniline-5-Sulfonic Acid) For Lithium Secondary Batteries, Yang Yang, Caiyun Wang, Syed A. Ashraf, Gordon G. Wallace Mar 2014

Polypyrrole Doped With Redox-Active Poly(2-Methoxyaniline-5-Sulfonic Acid) For Lithium Secondary Batteries, Yang Yang, Caiyun Wang, Syed A. Ashraf, Gordon G. Wallace

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Polypyrrole is a promising electrode material for flexible/bendable energy storage devices due to its inherent fast redox switching, mechanical flexibility, easy processability and being environmentally benign. However, its low attainable capacity limits its practical applications. Here, we synthesise a polypyrrole/poly(2-methoxyaniline-5-sulfonic acid) (PPy/PMAS) composite by incorporating redox-active PMAS into a PPy matrix via an electropolymerization method. For comparison, polypyrrole containing the electrochemically inert dopant p-toluenesulfonate (PPy-pTS) was prepared under the same conditions. The resultant PPy/PMAS film shows greatly improved electrochemical properties by harnessing the contribution from PMAS, i.e. higher specific capacity, better rate capability and improved cycling stability when used as …


Electrically Conductive Coatings Of Nickel And Polypyrrole/Poly(2- Methoxyaniline-5-Sulfonic Acid) On Nylon Lycra® Textiles, B C. Kim, P C. Innis, Gordon G. Wallace, C T.J Low, F C. Walsh, W J. Cho, K H. Yu Mar 2014

Electrically Conductive Coatings Of Nickel And Polypyrrole/Poly(2- Methoxyaniline-5-Sulfonic Acid) On Nylon Lycra® Textiles, B C. Kim, P C. Innis, Gordon G. Wallace, C T.J Low, F C. Walsh, W J. Cho, K H. Yu

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Woven nylon Lycra® has been coated with finely-divided electroless nickel-phosphorus, polypyrrole and electroless nickel/polypyrrole to produce flexible and electrically conductive textiles. The coated textiles were tested for their electrochemical activity, electrical resistivity and resistivity in response to mechanical strain. Pre-dyeing the textile with poly(2-methoxyaniline-5-sulfonic acid) (PMAS) prior to electroless metallization by electroless nickel and via chemical polymerization of polypyrrole was found to be beneficial in enhancing the resultant coating as well as stabilizing surface resistance responses when exposed to a wide range of strain. The mass gain due to the nickel coating was found to increase linearly with deposition time. …


All-Polymer Battery System Based On Polypyrrole (Ppy)/Para (Toluene Sulfonic Acid) (Pts) And Polypyrrole (Ppy)/Indigo Carmine (Ic) Free Standing Films, Irin Sultana, Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Jiazhao Wang, Caiyun Wang, Gordon G. Wallace, Hua-Kun Liu Mar 2013

All-Polymer Battery System Based On Polypyrrole (Ppy)/Para (Toluene Sulfonic Acid) (Pts) And Polypyrrole (Ppy)/Indigo Carmine (Ic) Free Standing Films, Irin Sultana, Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Jiazhao Wang, Caiyun Wang, Gordon G. Wallace, Hua-Kun Liu

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In this study, we introduce a novel all-polymer battery system based on conducting polymer (polypyrrole, PPy) doped with dopants of para (toluene sulfonic acid) (pTS) and indigo carmine (IC), respectively. The performance of the systems consisting of polypyrrole-para (toluene sulfonic acid) (PPy-pTS) as cathode and polypyrrole-indigo carmine (PPy-IC) as anode in conjunction with either a polymer based electrolyte or a commercial organic electrolyte of 1M LiPF6 in a 50:50 (v/v) mixture of ethylene carbonate (EC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) was evaluated. In the system, all the free-standing PPy-pTS and PPy-IC films were directly used without needing any metal substrate support …