Journal article
Enhanced charge storage of ultrathin polythiophene films within porous nanostructures
ACS nano, v 8(6), pp 5413-5422
24 Jun 2014
PMID: 24840296
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Abstract
In a single step polymerization and coating, oxidative chemical vapor deposition (oCVD) has been used to synthesize unsubstituted polythiophene. Coatings have been conformally coated within porous nanostructures of anodized aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide, and activated carbon. Significant enhancement in charge capacity has been found with ultrathin polythiophene coatings that preserve the surface area and pore space of the nanostructures. Pseudocapacitors consisting of ultrathin polythiophene coated within activated carbon yielded increases of 50 and 250% in specific and volumetric capacitance compared with bare activated carbon. Devices were stable up to the 5000 cycles tested with only a 10% decrease in capacitance.
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- Title
- Enhanced charge storage of ultrathin polythiophene films within porous nanostructures
- Creators
- Siamak Nejati - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University , 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United StatesThomas E MinfordYuriy Y SmolinKenneth K S Lau
- Publication Details
- ACS nano, v 8(6), pp 5413-5422
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society; Washington, DC
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000338089200007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84903482103
- Other Identifier
- 991014878239104721
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- Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
- Chemistry, Physical
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Nanoscience & Nanotechnology