A Stable Polyaniline‐Benzoquinone‐Hydroquinone Supercapacitor

David Vonlanthen, Kimberly A. See, Fred Wudl, Alan J. Heeger

Advanced Materials · 2014 · 248 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

A Polyaniline-Supercapacitor with quinone electrolytes remains stable over 50 000 galvanostatic charge-discharge cycles. The quinones provide superior stability by preventing the conversion of porous polyaniline to a highly reactive state. Our work shows that highly stable polymer-supercapacitors can be engineered by combining electrochemically active polymers and redox-active electrolytes with concerted electrochemical properties.

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