Nanostructured electroactive polymeric composites for energy storage and separation applications

Electroactive polymeric materials have garnered considerable interest due to their potential applications in advancing electrochemical energy storage, sensing, catalysis, and separations systems. Electroactive polymers include conducting polymers with a-conjugated backbones and redox polymers with localized redox-responsive moieties. The electro-responsive property of both conjugated and redox polymers is highly impacted by the efficient transport of counter-ions within polymers to maintain charge neutrality. The interactions at the molecular interface between the polymer and target entities ultimately dictate the performance of electroactive materials in the aforementioned applications. Nanostructures provide a shortened diffusion path for the transport of electrolyte ions or target molecules during a reversible redox process. The large interfacial area arising from an improved morphology allows efficient utilization of polymeric materials.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctoral

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Tian, Wenda.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• T. Alan Hatton and Gregory C. Rutledge.

• Chemical Engineering.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121899

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/121899