Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 11, Issue 7, Pages 2636-2657Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms11072636
Keywords
conducting polymers; nanowires; nanotubes; polyaniline; polypyrrole; template synthesis
Funding
- National Key Fundamental Research [2007CB936300]
- NSFC [60706019, 60928009]
- NSFJS [BK2007146, BK2008025]
- New Century Excellent Talents in University
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Conducting polymer nanostructures have received increasing attention in both fundamental research and various application fields in recent decades. Compared with bulk conducting polymers, conducting polymer nanostructures are expected to display improved performance in energy storage because of the unique properties arising from their nanoscaled size: high electrical conductivity, large surface area, short path lengths for the transport of ions, and high electrochemical activity. Template methods are emerging for a sort of facile, efficient, and highly controllable synthesis of conducting polymer nanostructures. This paper reviews template synthesis routes for conducting polymer nanostructures, including soft and hard template methods, as well as its mechanisms. The application of conducting polymer mesostructures in energy storage devices, such as supercapacitors and rechargeable batteries, are discussed.
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