Naphthalene diimide copolymers by direct arylation polycondensation as highly stable supercapacitor electrode materials
Title | Naphthalene diimide copolymers by direct arylation polycondensation as highly stable supercapacitor electrode materials |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Sharma, S, Soni, R, Kurungot, S, Asha, SK |
Journal | Macromolecules |
Volume | 51 |
Issue | 3 |
Pagination | 954-965 |
Date Published | FEB |
Type of Article | Article |
ISSN | 0024-9297 |
Abstract | Conjugated donor-acceptor copolymers based on naphthalene diimide (NDI) as acceptor and thiopheneterminated oligophenylenevinylene as donor moieties (P-1 and P-2, respectively) were synthesized using the direct (hetero) arylation (DHAP) polymerization route. Nitrile groups were introduced at the vinylene linkage in one copolymer (P-2) to fine-tune its electrochemical properties. Both polymers show) pi-pi* transition in the 300-480 nm region and intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) from thiophene to NDI in the 500-800 nm region in the absorption spectra. P-2 exhibits a blue-shifted intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) band in the absorption spectrum as well as a lower reduction potential in the cyclic voltammogram compared to the analogous polymer without the nitrile substitution (P-1). The two polymers were evaluated as type III supercapacitor materials by preparing composite electrodes with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and employing 0.5 M H2SO4 as the electrolyte. Their performance was compared with that of P(NDI2OD-T2) as a reference polymer. The polymer P-2 based supercapacitor exhibits a specific capacitance of 124 F/g with excellent stability up to 5000 cycles with almost 100% retention of the initial capacitance in the potential window of -0.7 to 0.5 V. Compared to P-2, P-1 exhibits a specific capacitance of 84 F/g, while the corresponding value for the reference polymer P(NDI2OD-T2) is 61 F/g under identical conditions. |
DOI | 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02425 |
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign) | Foreign |
Impact Factor (IF) | 5.835 |
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