Recent developments in conducting polymers: applications for electrochemistry
Somayeh Tajik, Hadi Beitollahi, Fariba Garkani Nejad, Iran Sheikh Shoaie, Mohammad A. Khalilzadeh, Mehdi Shahedi Asl, Quyet Van Le, Kaiqiang Zhang, Ho Won Jang, Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr
Abstract
, simplistic synthesis, acceptable environmental stability, beneficial optical, electronic, and mechanical features, researchers have largely considered them for diverse applications. Therefore, their capability of catalyzing several electrode reactions has been introduced as one of their significant features. A thin layer of the conducting polymer deposited on the substrate electrode surface can augment the electrode process kinetics of several solution species. Such electrocatalytic procedures with modified conducting polymer electrodes can create beneficial utilization in diverse fields of applied electrochemistry. This review article explores typical recent applications of conductive polymers (2016-2020) as active electrode materials for energy storage applications, electrochemical sensing, and conversion fields such as electrochemical supercapacitors, lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells, and solar cells.