Improving the Performance of Batteries by Using Multi‐Pyrene PTMA Structures

Abstract

Abstract Well‐defined pyrene‐based poly(2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidinyloxy‐4‐yl methacrylate) (PTMA) (co)polymers have been synthesized and combined with multi‐wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as electrode material for organic radical batteries. The influence of the number of pyrene pendent groups on the electrochemical response of the nanocomposite materials has been assessed, focusing on the capacity retention upon charge/discharge cycling and on the cycling rate. In parallel, the interactions between the polymethacrylate chains and the CNT surface have been investigated with molecular modeling techniques, to shed light on the nature and stability of the functionalized PTMA/CNT interface.