超级电容器用炭/导电聚合物复合材料*

炭/导电聚合物复合材料是近年来发展起来应用于超级电容器的一种新型电极材料。炭材料与氧化物的复合材料,或者炭材料与导电聚合物的复合材料,能够将双电层电容与法拉第电容结合,既可提高超级电容器的比电容,改变其充放电电压,又可提高其循环性能。本文综述了近年来国内外各种炭材料,如活性炭,碳纳米管等与导电聚合物复合材料的研究进展,认为炭与导电聚合物的复合材料,尤其是性能优良的炭气凝胶,模板法制备的中孔炭,以及由金属或非金属碳化物与氯气等刻蚀剂反应制备的骨架炭与导电聚合物的复合材料是超级电容器电极材料研究的一个重要发展方向。     

离子液体应用于电合成导电聚合物*

自20世纪70年代导电聚合物发现以来,聚吡咯、聚苯胺、聚噻吩、聚（3,4-乙撑二氧噻吩）、聚对苯及其衍生物等,以其特殊的电子、电化学、光学性质以及巨大应用潜力受到广泛关注。离子液体是一类在室温或接近室温时呈液态的离子化合物,作为一类环境友好的新型绿色溶剂,具有很多独特的物理化学性质。本文综述了离子液体作为反应介质、支持电解质、测试介质以及离子液体参与形成的聚集体,在导电聚合物的电化学合成以及电化学性质测试中的研究进展,并展望了发展趋势。     

Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Polymers and Nanocomposites - A Review

Intrinsically conducting polymers (ICP) and conductive fillers incorporated conductive polymer-based composites (CPC) greatly facilitate the research in electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding because they not only provide excellent EMI shielding but also have advantages of electromagnetic wave absorption rather than reflection. In this review, the latest developments in ICP and CPC based EMI shielding materials are highlighted. In particular, existing methods for adjusting the morphological structure, electric and magnetic properties of EMI shielding materials are discussed along with the future opportunities and challenges in developing ICP and CPC for EMI shielding applications.     

钛双极片上网印导电聚合物——碳纳米管复合物及其在水型不对称超级电容器中的电化学性能

用导电聚合物（聚吡硌、聚苯胺）与碳纳米管（经酸处理）复合物（ECP-CNT）以及功能添加剂（表面活性剂：苄索氯铵 benzethonium chloride,粘结剂：聚乙烯醇 polyvinyl alcohol）配成水型印泥（aqueous ink),在钛片（厚度：0.1 mm）上网印（screen printing）成所需载量及面积（例如：75 mg cm^-2,100 cm²）的均匀的ECP-CNT膜. 以该膜为正极,网印活性炭（pigment black）膜为负极,3.0 mol L^-1 KCl 或 1.0 mol L^-1 HCl 为电解质,组装不对称超级电容器. 用循环伏安、恒电流充放电、电化学阻抗、光及电显微等方法研究了ECP-CNT复合物、网印膜、单池以及由双极片（bipolar plate）连接的多池堆（multi-cell stack）. 以两片印刷面积为100 cm² 的钛双极片组装成三池堆,得到较好的技术指标：堆电压3.0 V,电极电容1.29~1.83 F cm^-2,比能量2.30~3.24 Wh kg^-1,最大比功率1.04 kW kg^-1.     

Hybrid Materials Based on Conducting Polymers for Nitrite Sensing: A Mini Review

Well-known as a hazardous compound, nitrite constitute a real threat to the public health. So, there is a pressing need to detect and quantify them in different matrix. Even though conventional analytical methods can be used to address this issue, electrochemistry allows a fast, sensitive, and efficient analysis. Conducting polymers continue to raise great interest among scientific communities due to their properties. Moreover, their combination with carbon nanomaterials, or metallic nanoparticles improves their properties, and provides great results. In this paper, we will focus on some revealing works devoted to the electrochemical detection of nitrite using this kind of materials.     

聚噻吩/多壁碳纳米管复合材料结构与导电机理的研究

从结构和相互作用方面对聚噻吩(PTh)/多壁碳纳米管(MWNTs)复合材料进行了研究, 结果表明: 一方面聚噻吩本身的结构对其导电性能有一定的影响, 另一方面MWNTs作为一种掺杂剂, 和聚噻吩之间存在强的相互作用, 电子从MWNTs转移到聚噻吩. MWNTs和它周围被掺杂的聚噻吩通过π-π共轭作用形成相对独立的导电单元, 在复合材料的导电体系中起到主要作用, 随着这种导电单元数量的增加直至相互接触, 形成大的导电体系, 复合材料的电导率达到最大值.     

A Review on Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Conducting Polymers (NSCP) and Application in Biosensors

The development of nanostructured conducting polymers has opened up novel fundamental and applied frontiers. The present article reviews recent works dealing with synthesis, characterization of nanostructured conducting polymers, and their applications related to biosensors. Various synthesis strategies, mechanism and process parameters, along with their characterization techniques are discussed. Some potential areas for biosensor related applications of nanostructured conducting polymers are highlighted, including catalytic biosensors and bioaffinity biosensors.     

Functionalization of Graphene Derivatives with Conducting Polymers and Their Applications in Uric Acid Detection

In this article, we review recent progress concerning the development of sensorial platforms based on graphene derivatives and conducting polymers (CPs), alternatively deposited or co-deposited on the working electrode (usually a glassy carbon electrode; GCE) using a simple potentiostatic method (often cyclic voltammetry; CV), possibly followed by the deposition of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) on the electrode surface (ES). These materials have been successfully used to detect an extended range of biomolecules of clinical interest, such as uric acid (UA), dopamine (DA), ascorbic acid (AA), adenine, guanine, and others. The most common method is electrochemical synthesis. In the composites, which are often combined with metallic NPs, the interaction between the graphene derivatives—including graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (RGO), or graphene quantum dots (GQDs)—and the CPs is usually governed by non-covalent functionalization through π–π interactions, hydrogen bonds, and van der Waals (VW) forces. The functionalization of GO, RGO, or GQDs with CPs has been shown to speed up electron transfer during the oxidation process, thus improving the electrochemical response of the resulting sensor. The oxidation mechanism behind the electrochemical response of the sensor seems to involve a partial charge transfer (CT) from the analytes to graphene derivatives, due to the overlapping of π orbitals.     

Chemical and Biological Sensors Based on Electrochemical Detection Using Conducting Electroactive Polymers

The electrochemical behavior of composites of conducting electroactive polyaniline (PAn) and polypyrrole (PPy) formulated within cross-linked hydrogel networks was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Composite PAn gels displayed similar anodic charge density compared to the pristine conducting polymer (80mC/cm² and 84mC/cm², respectively), suggesting a similar degree of electroactivity between the two systems. Composite gels of PAn displayed fast cation transport with K⁺ diffusivity (D_appt= 5.31×10^–7cm²s^–1) that were three orders of magnitude larger than that of pristine PAn (D_appt=3.12×10^–10cm²s^–1), while PPy composite gels showed similar ferrocene anion diffusivity (D_appt=7.05×10^–5cm²s^–1) compared to electropolymerized PPy (D_appt=6.54×10^–5cm²s^–1). The electrochemical interactions between CYP2D6, a cytochrome P450 isoenzyme, and fluoxetine mediated by electroactive polyaniline films on glassy carbon electrodes (GCEs) were investigated. Cyclic voltammograms indicate that PAn is an effective mediator of CYP2D6 activity under anaerobic conditions. An analytical interrogation methodology based on small-amplitude, pulsed DC was developed and incorporated into the Electroconductive Polymer Sensor Interrogation System (EPSIS). Polypyrrole membranes were rendered biospecific by either copolymerization of pyrrole (Py) with 4-(1-pyrrolyl) butyric acid (4PyBA), followed by direct conjugation with 5-(biotinamido)pentyl amine (5BPA), or by reacting 4PyBA with 5BPA to form pyrrolyl-biotin conjugates. The biotinylated PPy was made responsive to glucose or urea by exploiting strong biotin-streptavidin binding to either streptavidin-glucose oxidase or biotin-urease conjugates. These bioactive conducting polymer membranes were demonstrated as conductimetric glucose and urea biosensing layers using the EPSIS. The rate of conductivity of the bioactive PPy membranes was observed to double upon increasing glucose concentration from 100µM (4×10^–6Scm^–1s^–1) to 600µM (9×10^–6Scm^–1s^–1).     

Carbon Monoxide Coupling Reactions: A New Concept for the Formation of Hexahydroxybenzene

For linear and cyclic coupling reactions of CO, among other products, the formation of the hexapotassium salt of hexahydroxybenzene is of particular interesting. The interaction of metallic potassium and CO offers, via the assumed K[OC≡CO]K as the result of several carbon monoxide coupling reactions, the formation of C₆(OK)₆ among other products. To date, only speculations exist about the reaction pathway for these products, which were first described by Liebig in 1834. A novel concept is suggested here, which consists of the single steps (i) reductive coupling of CO, (ii) formation of dihetero-metallacyclopentynes (cis-2,5-diheterobutatriene as formal ethylenedione O=C=C=O complexes), (iii) formation of its dinuclear 1-metalla-2,5-dioxo-cyclopentyne complexes by external coordination of the triple bond, (iv) insertion of CO into the M−C bond of the formed metallacyclopropene, and (v) the reductive elimination of C₆(OK)₆. The novel aspect of this concept is the formation of dihetero-metallacyclopentynes (in analogy to the well characterized all-C-metallacyclopentynes), which have not been considered in the mechanism of reductive CO coupling reactions. It is expected that the presence of transition-metal impurities would promote the reaction.     

Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) in Sensors for Environmental and Biomedical Applications: A Review

Molecular imprinted polymers are custom made materials with specific recognition sites for a target molecule. Their specificity and the variety of materials and physical shapes in which they can be fabricated make them ideal components for sensing platforms. Despite their excellent properties, MIP-based sensors have rarely left the academic laboratory environment. This work presents a comprehensive review of recent reports in the environmental and biomedical fields, with a focus on electrochemical and optical signaling mechanisms. The discussion aims to identify knowledge gaps that hinder the translation of MIP-based technology from research laboratories to commercialization.     

A Review for In Vitro and In Vivo Detection and Imaging of Gaseous Signal Molecule Carbon Monoxide by Fluorescent Probes

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a vital endogenous gaseous transmitter molecule involved in the regulation of various physiological and pathological processes in living biosystems. In order to investigate the biological function of CO, many technologies have been developed to monitor the level of endogenous CO in biosystems. Among them, the fluorescence detection technology based on the fluorescent probe has the advantages of high sensitivity, excellent selectivity, simple operation, especially non-invasive damage to biological samples, and the possibility of real-time in situ detection, etc., which is considered to be one of the most effective and applicable detection techniques. Therefore, in the last few years, a lot of work has been carried out on the design, synthesis and in vivo fluorescence imaging studies of CO fluorescent probes. Furthermore, using fluorescent probes to detect the changes in CO concentrations in living cells and tissues as well as in organisms has been one of the hot research topics in recent years. However, it is still a challenge to rationally design CO fluorescent probe with excellent optical performance, structural stability, low background interference, good biocompatibility, and excellent water solubility. Therefore, this review focuses on the research progress of CO fluorescent probes in the detection mechanism and biological applications in recent years. However, this popular and leading topic has rarely been summarized comprehensively to date. Thus, the research progress of CO fluorescent probes in recent years is reviewed in terms of their design concept, detection mechanism, and their biological applications. In addition, the relationship between the structure and performance of the probes was also discussed. More significantly, we hope that more excellent optical properties fluorescent probes for gaseous transmitter molecule CO detection and imaging will overcome the current problems of high biotoxicity and limited water solubility in future.     

Sol-Gel Imprinted Polymers Based Electrochemical Sensor for Paracetamol Recognition and Detection

Molecular imprinting and sol-gel technique were combined to develop a molecular imprinted polymer (MIP) based electrochemical sensor in this work. With the successive modification of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and gold nanoparticles (GNPs), a modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was immersed in a sol-gel solution in the presence of paracetamol (PR) for the electropolymerization to fabricate an imprinted sensor. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) were employed to characterize the constructed sensor. The factors for the sensor preparation, the electropolymerization potential range, the monomer concentration, and the scan rate for the sensor preparation were optimized. The sensor displayed an excellent recognition capacity toward PR compared with other analogues. Additionally, the DPV peak current was linear to the PR concentration in the range from 8.0 × 10^?8 to 5.0 × 10^?5 mol/L, with a detection limit of 4.0 × 10^?8 mol/L. The prepared sensor also showed satisfactory reproducibility and regeneration capacity.     

Fabrication of Patterned Conducting Polymers on Insulating Polymeric Substrates by Electric‐Field‐Assisted Assembly and Pattern Transfer

Summary: The use of electrostatically addressable templates for the directed assembly of conducting polymers and pattern transfer to another polymer substrate is demonstrated. Doped conducting polyaniline was selectively assembled on the patterned template assisted by a DC electric field. Adding an insulated silicon dioxide layer onto the surface of the silicon wafer is critical to the formation of patterned PANi rather than a PANi film. After deposition, it was demonstrated that by compression molding or solution casting methods, patterned PANi can be completely transferred to a secondary polymer substrate, such as an NBR sheet or a polyurethane film. The conductivity of PANi lines on the PU film was found to be as high as 0.87 S · cm⁻¹. The simple one‐step assembly process for patterning conductive polymers and transfer provides a promising nanomanufacturing approach for cost‐effective and high performance flexible nanoelectronics and biosensors.

Optical image of PANi‐assembled templates with patterned gold lines connected to negative electrodes at 10 V for 1 min.     

Tuning the Surface Polarity of Microporous Organic Polymers for CO2 Capture

CO₂ capture is very important to reduce the CO₂ concentration in atmosphere. Herein, we report the preparation of microporous polymers with tunable surface polarity for CO₂ capture. Porous polymers functionalized with ‐NH₂, ‐SO₃H, and ‐SO₃Li have been successfully prepared by using a post‐synthesis modification of microporous polymers (P‐PhPh₃ prepared with 1,3,5‐triphenylbenzene as the monomer and AlCl₃ as the catalyst) by chemical transformations, such as nitration–reduction, sulfonation, and cationic exchange. The CO₂ adsorption selectivity (CO₂/N₂ and CO₂/H₂) and isosteric heats of the microporous polymers increase markedly after modification, P‐PhPh₃‐NH₂ and P‐PhPh₃‐SO₃Li afford higher CO₂ uptake capacity than P‐PhPh₃ at pressures of less than 0.15 bar due to the enhanced interaction between CO₂ and the ‐NH₂ and ‐SO₃Li functional groups. Moreover, functionalized porous polymers could be stably used for CO₂ capture. Surface modification is an efficient approach to tune the CO₂ capture properties of porous polymers.