High-Performance Conductive Polymer Composites
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 8
Special Issue Editor
Interests: conductive polymers; poly(urethane)s; poly(ester); electrochromic materials; carbazole; ion sensors; poly(azomethine)s
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to collate cutting-edge research focused on conductive polymer (CP) composites and their applications. Polymeric materials offer key advantages over inorganic materials, including processability, good thermal stability, light weight, and low cost. CPs can have better conductivity values than their bare counterparts after doping with a suitable material. CPs, in particular, provide good compatibility with inorganic-based materials, nanomaterials, and carbon nanomaterials. In this context, the potential applications of these resulting CP-based materials will be further expanded upon.
CP and composites, such as poly(carbazole), poly(pyrrole), poly(thiophene), and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), are also used as electrode materials for solar cells, supercapacitors, chemical/biological sensors, thermoelectric (TE) devices, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, anticorrosion coatings, and organic thin-film transistors. Considering the abovementioned application areas, the demand for CP and composites is constantly increasing.
Therefore, generating in-depth knowledge of new technologies utilizing CP and composites and identifying their application areas are crucial. This Special Issue welcomes the submission of the following original articles and reviews based on CP and CP composites:
- Fabrication methods of CP composites with improved optical, electrical, electrochemical, mechanical, and thermal properties;
- Supercapacitors, solar cells, electrochromic windows, and fuel cells using CP composites;
- Chemical/biological sensors using CP composites as electrode materials;
- Advanced printing and patterning techniques using CP composites;
- Thermoelectric (TE) devices, antennas, EMI shielding, anticorrosion coatings, and organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs);
- Other novel and unique applications of CP composites.
Prof. Dr. İsmet Kaya
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer composite
- conductive polymer
- nanomaterial
- electroactive polymer
- poly(aniline)
- poly(3,4-dioxythiophene)
- poly(thiophene)
- poly(pyrrole)
- graphene
- carbon nanomaterial
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