Electropolymerization

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2018)

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Dear Colleagues,

Electropolymerization—a strategy of combining electrochemistry of modified electrode and conjugated polymers—have found their major importance in electrochemical systems, such as batteries, supercapacitors, electrocatalysis, and chemical and bio-sensors. Additionally, they can be applied in the fields of light emitting diodes, field transistors, and organic solar cells. Especially, for the fabrication of photovoltaic devices, an electrochemical polymerization technique is preferable, since it is a single-step process and provides thin films with controlled thicknesses.

The intention of this Special Issue is to expose recent and innovative progress in the field of electropolymerization, how the electropolymerization parameters are affecting the physiochemical and electrochemical properties of various conducting polymers, and how the micro- and nanostructures of electro-polymerized thin films affects their applications in multifarious fields. Both review and original research manuscripts are invited. Papers should address the detailed and fundamental explanations and mechanisms for their fabrication processes and applications. Finally, we are interested in receiving papers focusing on energy storage and conversion, and sensor-related applications using innovative conducting polymers and their hybrid materials.

Prof. Jeng-Yu Lin
Prof. Yaoming Xiao
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Keywords

  • Electropolymerization of conducting polymers with dopants
  • Fabrication of polymers–inorganic nanocomposites through electropolymerization
  • Electropolymerizaion using ionic liquids
  • Electropolymerization of biomolecules
  • Polymer based electrocatalysts/sensors
  • Organic photovoltaic devices
  • Polymer based energy storage applications

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Synthesis and Properties of Plasma-Polymerized Methyl Methacrylate via the Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerization Technique
by Choon-Sang Park, Eun Young Jung, Hyo Jun Jang, Gyu Tae Bae, Bhum Jae Shin and Heung-Sik Tae
Polymers 2019, 11(3), 396; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11030396 - 28 Feb 2019
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Pinhole free layers are needed in order to prevent oxygen and water from damaging flexible electrical and bio-devices. Although polymerized methyl methacrylate (polymethyl methacrylate, PMMA) for the pinhole free layer has been studied extensively in the past, little work has been done on [...] Read more.
Pinhole free layers are needed in order to prevent oxygen and water from damaging flexible electrical and bio-devices. Although polymerized methyl methacrylate (polymethyl methacrylate, PMMA) for the pinhole free layer has been studied extensively in the past, little work has been done on synthesizing films of this material using atmospheric pressure plasma-assisted electro-polymerization. Herein, we report the synthesis and properties of plasma-PMMA (pPMMA) synthesized using the atmospheric pressure plasma-assisted electro-polymerization technique at room temperature. According to the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and time of flight-secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) results, the characteristic peaks from the pPMMA polymer chain were shown to have been detected. The results indicate that the percentage of hydrophobic groups (C–C and C–H) is greater than that of hydrophilic groups (C–O and O–C=O). The field emission-scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and thickness measurement results show that the surface morphology is quite homogenous and amorphous in nature, and the newly proposed pPMMA film at a thickness of 1.5 µm has high transmittance (about 93%) characteristics. In addition, the results of water contact angle tests show that pPMMA thin films can improve the hydrophobicity. Full article
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Synthesis of a Polyaniline Nanoparticle Using a Solution Plasma Process with an Ar Gas Bubble Channel
by Jun-Goo Shin, Choon-Sang Park, Eun Young Jung, Bhum Jae Shin and Heung-Sik Tae
Polymers 2019, 11(1), 105; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11010105 - 09 Jan 2019
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This work researched polymerization of liquid aniline monomer by solution plasma with a gas bubble channel and investigated characteristics of solution plasma and polyaniline (PANI). The injected gas bubble channel in the proposed solution plasma process (SPP) played a significant role in producing [...] Read more.
This work researched polymerization of liquid aniline monomer by solution plasma with a gas bubble channel and investigated characteristics of solution plasma and polyaniline (PANI). The injected gas bubble channel in the proposed solution plasma process (SPP) played a significant role in producing a stable discharge in liquid aniline monomer at a low voltage and furthermore enhancing the contact surface area between liquid aniline monomer and plasma, thereby achieving polymerization on the boundary of the liquid aniline monomer and plasma. Solution plasma properties were analyzed with voltage–current, optical emission spectroscopy, and high-speed camera. Conductivity, percentage yield, and firing voltage of PANI nanoparticle dispersed solution were measured. To investigate the characteristics of synthesized PANI nanoparticles, field emission scanning electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy, selective area electron diffraction (SAED) pattern, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), gel permeation chromatography, 1H-nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR), and X-ray photo spectroscopy (XPS) were examined. The FTIR, 1H-NMR, and XPS analysis showed the PANI characteristic peaks with evidence that some quinoid and benzene rings were broken by the solution plasma process with a gas bubble channel. The results indicate that PANI nanoparticles have a spherical shape with a size between 25 and 35 nm. The SAED pattern shows the amorphous pattern. Full article
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