Surveys recent advances in conducting polymers and their composites. Chapters address synthetic approaches, and applications in all types of electrochemical energy storage devices and next-generation devices. Evaluates the execution of these materials as electrodes in electrochemical power sources.

ContentsPreface .......................................................................................................................................................................... viiContributors .................................................................................................................................................................. ixAuthors........................................................................................................................................................................ xiiiChapter 1 Polythiophene-Based Battery Applications.................................................................................................. 1Younus Raza Beg, Gokul Ram Nishad, Chittaranjan Das, and Priyanka SinghChapter 2 Synthetic Strategies and Significant Issues for Pristine Conducting Polymers ............................................51Mriganka Sekhar Manna and Kalyan GayenChapter 3 Conducting Polymer Derived Materials for Batteries .................................................................................65U. Naresh, R. Jeevan Kumar, S. Ramesh, K. Chandra Babu Naidu, D. Baba Basha,Prasun Banerjee, and K. SrinivasChapter 4 An Overview on Conducting Polymer-Based Materials for Battery Application ........................................79Satyabadi Martha and Dilip Kumar MishraChapter 5 Polymer-Based Binary Nanocomposites.....................................................................................................93Pazhanivel Thangavelu, Priyadharshini Matheswaran, and Navaneethan DuraisamyChapter 6 Polyaniline-Based Supercapacitor Applications........................................................................................109Nuzhat Jamil, Sadia Zafar Bajwa, Muhammad Yasir, Asma Rehman, and Waheed S. KhanChapter 7 Conductive Polymer-derived Materials for Supercapacitor ......................................................................123P.E. Lokhande and U.S. ChavanChapter 8 Conducting Polymer-Metal Based Binary Composites for Battery Applications......................................135Aneela Sabir, Dania Munir, Samina Saleem, Faiqa Shakeel, Muhammad Hamad Zeeshan,Muhammad Shafiq, Rafi Ullah Khan, and Karl I JacobChapter 9 Novel Conducting Polymer-Based Battery Application............................................................................145Aneela Sabir, Faiza Altaf, Zahid Bashir, Muhammad Hassan Tariq, Muhammad Khalil,Muhammad Shafiq, Muhammad Hamad Zeeshan, Rafi Ullah Khan, and Karl I JacobChapter 10 Conducting Polymer–Carbon-Based Binary Composites for Battery Applications ..................................155Christelle Pau Ping Wong, Joon Ching Juan, and Chin Wei LaiChapter 11 Polyethylenedioxythiophene-Based Battery Applications .........................................................................161G. Nasymov, J. Swanson, A. M. Numan-Al-Mobin, C. Jahnke, and A. SmirnovaChapter 12 Polythiophene-Based Supercapacitor Applications ..................................................................................177Shankara S. Kalanur, Veerendra Kumar A. Kalalbandi, and Hyungtak SeoChapter 13 Conducting Fibers for Energy Applications .............................................................................................193Narendra Reddy, Roshan Paul, and Asimananda KhandualChapter 14 Conducting Polymer-Metal-Based Binary Composites for Supercapacitor Applications .........................209A.B.V. Kiran Kumar, Swati Chaudhary, and C.H.V.V. RamanaChapter 15 Polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT)-Based Supercapacitor Applications.............................................235Manoj Karakoti, Sandeep Pandey, Nanda Gopal Sahoo, Anirban Dandapat, and Suman MahendiaChapter 16 Electrospun Composite Separator for Li-Ion Batteries: A Short Review..................................................255A. Dennyson Savariraj, R.V. Mangalaraja, G. Bharath, Fawzi Banat, and N. PugazhenthiranChapter 17 Conducting Polymers: Properties, Synthesis, and Energy Storage Devices ...............................................267Mohamad Azuwa Mohamed and Nadhratun Naiim MobarakChapter 18 Applications of Polyethylenedioxythiophene in Photovoltaics..................................................................287Jazib Ali, Mutayyab Afreen, Tahir Rasheed, Muhammad Zeeshan Ashfaq, and Muhammad BilalChapter 19 Conducting Polymer-Based Ternary Composites for Supercapacitor Applications ..................................301Devalina Sarmah and Ashok KumarIndex............................................................................................................................................................................333