Eco-Friendly Conducting Polymer-Based Functionalized Nanocomposites Dedicated for Electrochemical Devices

Nanocomposite materials comprised of conjugated polymer and nanoparticles have been created to achieve the enhanced properties of conducting polymers. In this regard, many types of inorganic and organic nanoparticles have been reinforced in conjugated polymers to generate high-performance nanocomposite materials. Recently, polymer-based nanocomposite materials have also been focused on eco-friendly electrochemical devices, and conversion technologies such as supercapacitors, rechargeable batteries, and fuel cells due to their high conductivity, ease of synthesis, flexibility, low cost, environmental friendliness, and unique redox properties. Pure Conducting polymer has poor supercapacitor electrode stability and cannot match the growing need for a more stable molecular structure, better power/energy density, and more N-active sites. Conducting polymer typically acts as a conductive layer and network in various conducting polymer-based composite structures. Due to the synergistic effect, the resulting conducting polymer-based composites with various unique structures have demonstrated superior electrochemical performance in supercapacitors, rechargeable batteries, and fuel cells. Furthermore, conducting polymers offer a wide range of interesting applications in analytical chemistry, including electrochemistry. Polyacetylene, polypyrrole, polyaniline, poly(para-phenylene), polythiophene, poly (p-phenylene vinylene), poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene), polyacetylene, poly (p-phenylene sulfide), and polyfuran are examples of common conducting polymers. In this chapter, the synthesis of conducting polymers is briefed along with characterization techniques. The eco-friendly nanocomposite conducting polymers dedicated to electrochemical devices is also covered. In the end, this chapter compiles the eco-friendly application of Electrochemical devices based on nanocomposite polymer.