Electropolymerization
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2018)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: li-ion batteries; supercapacitors; perovskite/dye-sensitized solar cells; electrocatalysts; electrochemical sensors
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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 LinProf. Yaoming Xiao
Guest Editors
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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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