1. A polythiophene derivative bearing TEMPO as a cathode material for rechargeable batteries
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Muhammet Aydın, Faruk Yilmaz, Burak Esat, Ali Ata, Çetin Kılıç, and Muhammet E. Köse
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Battery (electricity) ,Materials science ,Polymers and Plastics ,Radical ,Organic Chemistry ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Organic radical battery ,Polymer ,Electrochemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Monomer ,chemistry ,Polymerization ,Chemical engineering ,Polymer chemistry ,Materials Chemistry ,Polythiophene - Abstract
A polythiophene derivative bearing TEMPO radical was synthesized by oxidative chemical polymerization of its monomer. The polymer had a high spin density (2.05 × 10 21 spins/g of polymer). CV studies of the polymer showed that the electrochemical redox reaction of the TEMPO radicals were completely reversible. We demonstrated, for the first time, construction and charge/discharge characteristics of an organic radical battery utilizing a TEMPO bearing polythiophene based cathode material. The battery had an initial specific discharge capacity of 79 A h/kg (87% of the theoretical capacity) and an average output voltage of 3.6 V. The specific energy capacity initially discharged was 268 W h/kg.
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- 2011
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