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Well-defined core-shell carbon black/polypyrrole nanocomposites for electrochemical energy storage

  • Chao Yang
  • , Peng Liu*
  • , Tingmei Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Lanzhou University
  • CAS - Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics

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Abstract

The well-defined core-shell carbon black/polypyrrole (CB/PPy) nanocomposites were prepared via the in situ chemical oxidative polymerization of pyrrole from the surfaces of the carbon black (CB) nanoparticles, with poly(2-hydroxy-3-(methacryloyloxy) propane-1-sulfonate) (PHMAS) as both the surfactant and the dopant. The nanocomposites exhibited the high conductivity at room temperature and the weakly temperature dependence of conductivity from 283 to 423 K. When the core-shell CB/PPy nanocomposites were used as the electrode materials for the supercapacitors, the maximum discharge capacity of 366 F/g was achieved, after being corrected for the weight percentage of the PPy phase at the current density of 5 mA/cm2 in 1.0 M NaNO3 electrolyte solution.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1109-1114
Number of pages6
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume3
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Apr 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • carbon black
  • core-shell nanocomposites
  • electrode materials
  • polypyrrole
  • supercapacitors

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