“…In other words, the redox process is not reversible, i.e., not close enough to thermodynamic equilibrium. Some authors proposed explanations for this abnormal behavior of ECP redox mechanisms such as conformational change of polymeric chains, [1][2][3] solvent and electrolyte movements, 1,[13][14][15] relaxation effects, 1,16,17 phase transition 1,7,18 or inter-site interactions, 19 and, more recently, dimerizable redox sites. 20 The aim of this work was to study the hysteresis phenomenon observed in charge-potential curves derived from cyclic voltammetry experiments performed on two ECPs, namely PANI and P3MT.…”