The non-aqueous electrolyte system comprising of the lithium nonafluoro-1-butane sulfonate (LiNfO) as a potential ion-conducting salt in an equivalent binary mixture propylene carbonate (PC) and 1, 2-dimethoxyethane (DME) solvent was explored for battery applications. LiNfO based liquid (NALE) showed highest ionic conductivity 2.66 x 10-3 S cm-1 at ambient temperature, window stability ~5 V. io...

Conductive polymers have been increasingly used as fuel cell catalyst support due to their electrical conductivity, large surface areas and stability. The incorporation of metal nanoparticles into a polymer matrix can effectively increase the specific surface area of these materials and hence improve the catalytic efficiency. In this work, a nanoparticle loaded conductive polymer nanocomposite ...

Electromechanical polymeric transducers have received significant attention recently for many emerging applications, including electromechanical actuators, sensors, electro-active coatings, and artificial muscles. Desirable physical properties for polymeric membranes in electromechanical transducers include high ionic conductivity, tunable modulus versus temperature behavior, efficient response...

Polypyrrole (Ppy) was synthesized using Ferric Chloride (FeCl3) as oxidant. The ratio of monomer to oxidant was 1:2.4. The polymerization was carried out at 5 ̊C. Attempts were made to increase the electrical conductivity by using various dopants viz. Lithium per Chlorate (LiClO4), para-Toluene Sulfonate (p-TS) and Napthalene Sulfonic acid (NSA). The materials were characterized using FTIR, X-Ra...

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) is most commonly used as an anode buffer layer in bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) polymer solar cells (PSCs). However, its hygroscopic and acidic nature contributes to the insufficient electrical conductivity, air stability and restricted photovoltaic (PV) performance for the fabricated PSCs. In this study, a new multifunctional add...

To improve the dielectric properties and thermal conductivities of epoxy resins (EP), titanium dioxide superfine powders with microspheres structure (S-TiO2) were prepared via a hydrothermal process based on sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate hydroxyl silicate. The different content S-TiO2 was then employed as modifiers to add into EP resin prepare S-TiO2/EP composites. morphology observed by X-r...

The main driving force for implementation of printing in manufacture of flexible electronics is the possibility to reduce the cost by high speed R2R processing at ambient conditions. This work focuses on characterization of inks that can be used to print simple components or layers for various applications in electronics. More specifically, inks containing conductive polymer, poly(3,4ethylenedi...

Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) transparent conducting films (TCFs) were fabricated for the electrodes of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs); three types of film were studied. The as-prepared SWCNT TCFs displayed a relatively low sheet resistance of 82.6 Ω/sq at 80.7 T% with a relatively large surface roughness of 30 nm. The TCFs were top-coated with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):po...

Alkaline/surfactant/polymer (ASP) flooding has been extensively applied to enhancing oil recovery. As an oil displacement agent, pe1troleum sulfonate (PS) is widely used in ASP pilot experiments. It is very important to find a petroleum sulfonate with a high interfacial activity and low adsorption loss. Anionic surfactant petroleum sulfonate is synthesized in a single-tube film sulfonation reac...