Conducting polymers: a comprehensive review on recent advances in synthesis, properties and applications

Conducting polymers are extensively studied due to their outstanding properties, including tunable electrical property, optical and high mechanical properties, easy synthesis and effortless fabrication and high environmental stability over conventional inorganic materials. Although conducting polyme...

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Published in:RSC advances Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 5659 - 5697
Main Authors: K, Namsheer, Rout, Chandra Sekhar
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 03.02.2021
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Subjects:
Biomedical materials
Carbonaceous materials
Chemical synthesis
Chemistry
Conducting polymers
Corrosion prevention
electrical properties
electronics
energy
Energy storage
hybridization
Inorganic materials
Mechanical properties
Metal oxides
Optical properties
Optoelectronics
photocatalysis
Physical properties
Polymer matrix composites
Polymers
Transition metal compounds
ISSN:2046-2069, 2046-2069
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Summary:Conducting polymers are extensively studied due to their outstanding properties, including tunable electrical property, optical and high mechanical properties, easy synthesis and effortless fabrication and high environmental stability over conventional inorganic materials. Although conducting polymers have a lot of limitations in their pristine form, hybridization with other materials overcomes these limitations. The synergetic effects of conducting polymer composites give them wide applications in electrical, electronics and optoelectronic fields. An in-depth analysis of composites of conducting polymers with carbonaceous materials, metal oxides, transition metals and transition metal dichalcogenides etc. is used to study them effectively. Here in this review we seek to describe the transport models which help to explain the conduction mechanism, relevant synthesis approaches, and physical properties, including electrical, optical and mechanical properties. Recent developments in their applications in the fields of energy storage, photocatalysis, anti-corrosion coatings, biomedical applications and sensing applications are also explained. Structural properties play an important role in the performance of the composites. Conducting polymers are extensively studied due to their outstanding properties, including tunable electrical property, optical and high mechanical properties, easy synthesis and effortless fabrication and high environmental stability over conventional inorganic materials.
Bibliography:Dr Chandra Sekhar Rout is Associate Professor at the Centre for Nano & Material Sciences (CNMS), Jain University. Before joining CNMS, he was a DST-Ramanujan Fellow at I.I.T. Bhubaneswar, India (2013-2017). He received his B.Sc. (2001) and M.Sc. (2003) degrees from Utkal University and his Ph.D. from JNCASR, Bangalore (2008) under the supervision of Prof. C. N. R. Rao. He did his postdoctoral research at the National University of Singapore (2008-2009), Purdue University, USA (2010-2012), and UNIST, South Korea (2012-2013). His research interests include 2D materials for sensors, supercapacitors, energy storage devices, field emitters, and electronic devices.
Namsheer. K received his B-Tech in Polymer engineering from Mahatma Gandhi University (Kerala, India) in 2016 and M-Tech in Nanoscience and technology from Pondicherry Central University (Pondicherry, India) in 2019. He is currently a Nanoscience doctoral student at the Centre for Nano & Material Science, Jain University, working under Prof. Dr Chandra Sekhar Rout. His current research focuses on designing and fabrication of Polymer nanocomposite/2D materials for energy storage applications.
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ISSN:2046-2069
2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/d0ra07800j