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Inamuddin, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Rajender Boddula, Tariq A. Altalhi, Inamuddin, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Rajender Boddula, Tariq A. Altalhi
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Inamuddin, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Rajender Boddula, Tariq A. Altalhi, Inamuddin, Mohd Imran Ahamed, Rajender Boddula, Tariq A. Altalhi
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The research and development activities in energy conversion and storage are playing a significant role in our daily lives owing to the rising interest in clean energy technologies to alleviate the fossil-fuel crisis. Polymers are used in energy conversion and storage technology due to their low-cost, softness, ductility and flexibility compared to carbon and inorganic materials. Polymers in Energy Conversion and Storage provides in-depth literature on the applicability of polymers in energy conversion and storage, history and progress, fabrication techniques, and potential applications.
Highly accomplished experts review current and potential applications including hydrogen production, solar cells, photovoltaics, water splitting, fuel cells, supercapacitors and batteries. Chapters address the history and progress, fabrication techniques, and many applications within a framework of basic studies, novel research, and energy applications.
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- Explores all types of energy applications based on polymers and its composites
- Provides an introduction and essential concepts tailored for the industrial and research community
- Details historical developments in the use of polymers in energy applications
- Discusses the advantages of polymers as electrolytes in batteries and fuel cells
This book is an invaluable guide for students, professors, scientists and R&D industrial experts working in the field.
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1 History and Progress of Polymers for Energy Applications
Mohammad R. Thalji
Independent Researcher, Amman, Jordan
Gomaa A. M. Ali
AlāAzhar University, Assiut, Egypt
Kwok Feng Chong
Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, Malaysia
DOI: 10.1201/9781003169727-1
Contents
- 1.1 Introduction: Historical Perspective of Polymers in the Energy Field
- 1.2 Polymer Materials for Energy Storage Applications
- 1.3 Polymer Materials for Energy Conversion Applications
- 1.4 Conclusion
- References
1.1 Introduction: Historical Perspective of Polymers in the Energy Field
Polymer materials have been considered the golden gateway to the future, which deals with developing many novel materials to suit our daily lives. Polymer materials are essential in energy concepts with a wide range of applications, including semiconductors [1, 2], light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [3], flexible supercapacitors [4], flexible solar cells [5], and fuel cells [6]. Berzelius (in 1930) coined the term āpolymerā to define molecules that contained the repeatedly arranged atomic groups [7]. Over time, the term came to refer to larger molecules when it was applied to long macromolecules composed of various entities (monomers) [8]. The period 1920ā1940 was regarded as a golden age in the development of synthetic polymers, during which new monomers were synthesized from abundant raw materials [9]. Simultaneously, the polymerization and polycondensation processes were refined to improve their efficiency. New synthetic methods have been developed to enhance the characterization of polymer macromolecules. This enabled the creation of polymers with distinct physico-chemical characteristics by modifying the arrangement of their chains.
Polymer material has long been considered to be an insulating material. Typically, it was employed in insulating cables in electronic systems, and it was uncommon to use it as an electrode material for conducting [10]. As a result, since the discovery of polyacetylene in 1977, the growth of conducting polymers has quickly piqued the interest of both academia and industry [11]. Conducting polymers are promising energy materials due to their electrical conductivity and reversible electrochemical performance [12]. Polyaniline (PANI), polythiophene (PT), polypyrrole (PPY), poly(ethylene dioxythiophene) (PEDOT), and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) are some examples of the conjugated double bonds conducting polymers (Figure 1.1a). They have sp2 in their chemical structure, facilitating charge transport and improving their electrochemical and conductivity properties (Figure 1.1b).
These polymers exhibit high potentials as electrodes for various energy devices. Although polymer materials have broad applications, this chapter will focus on their energy (conversion and storage).
1.2 Polymer Materials for Energy Storage Applications
The development of a novel electrode material with a large electrochemically active surface area [13], excellent porosity [14], high conductivity [15], and pseudocapacitive properties [16] is the primary key to improving the electrochemical performance of energy storage systems. With the development of supercapacitors, some new materials have appeared gradually. Research interest has expanded beyond numerous conducting polymer materials in recent years, focusing on developing distinct electrode materials for electrochemical capacitors and batteries.
Although batteries are the most common energy source in each field, they have some limitations in the life cycle and power performance [17, 18]. Supercapacitors (SCs), known as electrochemical capacitors and ultracapacitors, are classified as energy storage devices with a high power density and long chargeādischarge cycles [15, 19ā21]. SCs, as shown in Figure 1.2, have a distinct Ragone plot position that bridges the gap between batteries and capacitors [22]. Also, when compared to a conventional capacitor, SCs have a higher specific energy density. Furthermore, SCs have a higher specific power density than batteries because of their unique charge storage mechanism.
Electrical double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) and faradaic pseudocapacitors (PCs) are the two main types of SCs [23]. EDLCs store electrical charges at the electrodeāelectrolyte interface using electrostatic force rather than electrochemical reactions on the electrode surface (Figure 1.3a). Carbon-based materials like carbon nanotubes (CNTs), carbon fibers, carbide-derived carbons, activated carbon, and graphene are commonly used as electrode materials for EDLCs [13ā15, 24, 25]. Despite having a high power density and fantastic chargeādischarge cycling stability, carbon-based materials have a low energy density [26]. Metal oxides, metal sulfides, and conducting polymers have been investigated as the electrode for pseudocapacitors to improve the specific capacitance and energy density of PCs [4, 20, 21, 27ā32]. In PCs, energy storage is derived from reversible redox reactions at the electrolyte and electroactive interface. Because metal oxides have multiple oxidation states for redox charge transfer reactions, PCs can typically yield higher energy density than EDLCs.
Conducting polymers belong to pseudocapacitive electrode material that has been widely investigated for various energy storage applications like supercapacitors and batteries. This is associated with high energy density, redox-storage capability, relatively high conductivity, and large voltage windows [29, 33, 34]. PANI is an intrinsic polymer commonly used as electrode material in electrochemical energy storage applications. It has many distinguishing characteristics, including high conductivity and excellent electrochemical performance. Despite these benefits, it is prone to rapid performance degradation due to repeated chargeādischarge cycles. To address this issue, carbon-based materials were combined with PANI material to form a novel composite that contributed to the reinforced PANI stability and enhanced the specific capacitance. For instance, Fusalba et al. synthesized a highly porous PANI film 250 mm thick (Figure 1.4a), and used it as the active material in a supercapacitor device with a nonaqueous electrolyte (1 M Et4NBF4/ACN) [35]. This increased the potential window in an aqueous solution from 0.75 to 1.0 V.
A low-frequency capacitance of 3 F cmā2 (150 F gā1) was achieved in the as-prepared film. Furthermore, the PANIāPANI capacitorās cycling stability was low for the first 60 cycles (the loss of charge accounts for approximately 25% of the initial charge). In another study, Zhou et al. obtained a capacitance value of 609 F gā1 and an energy density of 26.8 W h kgā1 for a nanofibrous PANI capacitor at 1.5 mA cmā2 (Figure 1.4b) [36]. According to Zhou et al., the outstanding capacitance is due to a highly porous nanofibrous architecture that provides a high surface area and a great charge-transfer rate, allowing it to be a promising electrode material supercapacitor. Liu and his co-workers [37] used in situ aqueous polymerization to create porous PANI, and they compared its performance to that of as-prepared nonporous PANI. As shown in Figure 1.5a and b, the porous PANI had a more random pore arrangement than the nonporous PANI.
