Synthesis and characterization of polypyrrole and its application for solar cell

Almuntaser, Faisal M. A.; Majumder, Sutripto; Baviskar, Prashant K.; Sali, Jaydeep V.; Sankapal, Babasaheb R.

doi:10.1007/s00339-017-1131-y

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“…The broad nature of the peak indicates a turbostratic structure with a small crystallite size. PPy displays a broad peak at 23°, which is the characteristic of amorphous PPy. , Based on its parental counterparts, the composite material HHAC/PPy shows combined characteristics, and this confirms the successful creation of the composite (HHAC/PPy).…”

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Human Hair-Derived Porous Activated Carbon as an Efficient Matrix for Conductive Polypyrrole for Hybrid Supercapacitors

2022

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The electric double layer capacitor (EDLC) mechanism offered by carbon frameworks alone cannot suffice the unprecedented demand for energy. Hence, including a pseudocapacitive material (conducting polymer) in the carbon framework can impart additional pseudocapacitance to the material, thereby improving its electrochemical performance. Herein, human hair as a biowaste resource with inherent heteroatoms has been subjected to chemical activation at 800 °C to yield human hair-derived activated carbon (HHAC). Subsequently, an in situ chemical oxidation technique has been employed to generate the composite of HHAC and polypyrrole (HHAC/PPy). The HHAC/PPy composite when tested in 1 M H 2 SO 4 outperforms pristine HHAC and PPy, with a higher specific capacitance of 358 F/g compared to 274 and 53 F/g obtained for individual materials, respectively (at 0.5 A/g). Moreover, the HHAC/PPy composite also solved the problem of low cyclic stability in the conducting polymers by maintaining 84.2% of the initial capacitance after 5000 charge−discharge cycles. In addition, a HHAC/PPy//HHAC asymmetrical supercapacitor device was assembled in an aqueous electrolyte (1 M H 2 SO 4 ), which delivered an ultrahigh energy density of 53.3 W h/kg with a respectable power density of 408.5 W h/kg that can help in avoiding costly and toxic organic electrolytes. Our study achieved an electroactive carbon material with the synergy of both EDLC and pseudocapacitance materials, which has great potential for supercapacitor applications.

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Human Hair-Derived Porous Activated Carbon as an Efficient Matrix for Conductive Polypyrrole for Hybrid Supercapacitors

2022

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“…In the last few decades, COPs have been widely investigated for their application in photovoltaic ,,,− and sensing ,, devices. Franco et al have carried out density functional study on the structural and optoelectronic characteristics of oligothiophenes by attaching different electron-withdrawing substituents.…”

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Tailoring Polypyrrole and Polyaniline Polymers by Introducing Side Groups for Sensing and Photovoltaic Applications: A DFT Study

Garg

Goel

2022

ACS Appl. Electron. Mater.

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The study presents evidence gathered from density functional-based computational approach to assess the suitability of polypyrrole (PPy) and polyaniline (PAni) chains functionalized with different electron-donating (EDG) and -withdrawing (EWG) groups as sensing and photovoltaic devices. The results indicate that introducing strong EWG (such as CN and NO 2 ) in polymer backbone chains makes these conjugated organic polymers, a potential donor material in polymer-based solar cells. The photovoltaic efficiency has been expressed in terms of parameters like exciton binding energy (E b ), offset between LUMO levels (ΔE LUMO ), and open circuit voltage (V OC ) and is measured with reference to commonly used fullerene-based acceptor material. The calculated values of V OC imply the applicability of CN and NO 2 functionalized polymer derivatives in photovoltaic devices. Apart from photon absorption in the visible spectrum, the frontier orbitals of CN and NO 2 substituted derivatives are suitably aligned with the frontier orbitals of the acceptor to facilitate charge transfer between the two. A significant reduction in E gap and enhancement in absorption wavelength (λ max ) by attaching NO 2 and NH 2 −NO 2 infers their suitability for sensing applications. Therefore, NO 2 and NH 2 −NO 2 functionalized polymer derivatives opted for the sensitivity and selectivity toward different analytes (such as NO, NO 2 , and N 2 O), and all the optimizations were performed at the theory level of B3LYP/6-31G(d). Interaction between selected polymer derivatives and analytes has been interpreted in terms of interaction energy, frontier orbital analysis, charge transfer, and optical absorption spectra.

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“…Within this type of materials, polypyrrole (PPy) has been one of the most studied conductive polymers due to its high electrical conductivity, long‐term ambient stability, good biocompatibility, low cost and facile synthesis by chemical or electrochemical polymerization. [ 8–17 ] PPy has been used for many commercial applications such as biosensors, [ 13,18 ] gas sensors, [ 19,20 ] microactuators, [ 21 ] transducers, [ 22 ] antistatic coatings, [ 23 ] solid electrolytic capacitors, [ 24,25 ] polymeric batteries, [ 26 ] solar cells, [ 27,28 ] wearable electronics, [ 29,30 ] electromagnetic interference shielding, [ 31–33 ] corrosion protection, [ 8,34,35 ] etc. In addition, PPy has also been applied in fuel cells as catalyst supports for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) [ 36 ] and proton‐exchange polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), [ 37 ] as membranes for DMFCs [ 38 ] and as anodes for microbial fuel cells.…”

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Solid Polymer Electrolytes Based on Polylactic Acid Nanofiber Mats Coated with Polypyrrole

Roca

Garcı́a-Bernabé

Moreno

et al. 2020

Macro Materials & Eng

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The production of electroconductive nanofiber membranes made from polylactic acid (PLA) coated with polypyrrole (PPy) is investigated, performing a scanning of different reaction parameters and studying their physicochemical and dielectric properties. Depending on PPy content, a transition between conduction mechanisms is observed, with a temperature‐dependent relaxation process for samples without PPy, a temperature‐independent conduction process for samples with high contents of PPy and a combination of both processes for samples with low contents of PPy. A homogeneous and continuous coating is achieved from 23 wt% PPy, observing a percolation effect around 27 wt% PPy. Higher wt% PPy allow to obtain higher conductivities, but PPy aggregates appear from 34% wt% PPy. The high conductivity values obtained for electrospun membranes both through‐plane and in‐plane (above 0.05 and 0.20 S cm–1, respectively, at room temperature) for the highest wt% of PPy, their porous structure with high specific surface area and their thermal stability below 140 °C make them candidates for many potential applications as solid polymer electrolytes in, for example, batteries, supercapacitors, sensors, photosensors, or polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). In addition, the biocompatibility of PLA‐PPy membranes expand their potential applications also in the field of tissue engineering and implantable devices.

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Synthesis and characterization of polypyrrole and its application for solar cell

Cited by 25 publications

References 32 publications

Human Hair-Derived Porous Activated Carbon as an Efficient Matrix for Conductive Polypyrrole for Hybrid Supercapacitors

Human Hair-Derived Porous Activated Carbon as an Efficient Matrix for Conductive Polypyrrole for Hybrid Supercapacitors

Tailoring Polypyrrole and Polyaniline Polymers by Introducing Side Groups for Sensing and Photovoltaic Applications: A DFT Study

Solid Polymer Electrolytes Based on Polylactic Acid Nanofiber Mats Coated with Polypyrrole

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