Conducting polymer nanocomposites: Material synthesis and applications in advanced energy storage

Conducting polymer nanocomposites: Material synthesis and applications in advanced energy storage. Jing Yang, Ying Liu, Siliang Liu, Le Li, Chao Zhang*, Tianxi Liu*. Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2017, 1(2), 251-268.

Considering that conducting polymer composites have emerged as pertinent and beneficial resources for supercapacitors, this review investigates relevant topics by presenting the approaches in the design and fabrication of conducting polymer composites as electrode materials for supercapacitors. The key issues for achieving optimized supercapacitive performances, such as fabricating nanostructured electrodes and tailoring microstructures of conducting polymer composites, are described and concisely discussed in this review. Finally, an outlook of the prospects and challenges in terms of synthesis and applications of conducting polymer composites for supercapacitors is presented.