Abstract
To alleviate the current energy crisis and environmental pollution, sustainable and ecofriendly energy conversion and storage systems are urgently needed. Due to their high conductivity, promising catalytic activity, and excellent electrochemical properties, conducting polymers have been attracting intense attention for use in electrochemical energy conversion and storage. Here, the latest advances regarding the utilization of conducting polymers for fuel cells and supercapacitors are introduced. The strategies employed to improve the electrocatalytic and electrochemical performances of conducting-polymer-based materials are presented. In addition, future research endeavors and possible directions for further progress in this field are outlined.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 1703044 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 45 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 6 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:J.W. and J.W. contributed equally to this work. The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51473008, 51672019, 51403008, 73028701), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0206900), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (YWF-14-HHXY-008) and the 111 Project (B14009).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Keywords
- conducting polymers
- electrocatalysts
- electrode materials
- fuel cells
- supercapacitors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
