TY - JOUR
AU - Tengen, Bärbel
AU - Winkelmann, Timo
AU - Ortlieb, Niklas
AU - Perner, Verena
AU - Studer, Gauthier
AU - Winter, Martin
AU - Esser, Birgit
AU - Fischer, Anna
AU - Bieker, Peter
TI - Immobilizing Poly(vinylphenothiazine) in Ketjenblack‐Based Electrodes to Access its Full Specific Capacity as Battery Electrode Material
JO - Advanced functional materials
VL - 33
IS - 9
SN - 1616-301X
CY - Weinheim
PB - Wiley-VCH
M1 - FZJ-2024-02582
SP - 2210512
PY - 2023
N1 - Zudem unterstützt durch: MEET Hi-EnD III (03XP0258A), DFG Germany’s Excellence Strategy (EXC-2193/1- 390951807, grantee A.F.)
AB - Organic batteries are considered as environmentally friendly alternative to lithium-ion batteries due to the application of transition metal-free redox-active polymers. One well-established polymer is poly(3-vinyl-N-methylphenothiazine) (PVMPT) with a fast reversibility of the electrochemical redox reaction at a potential of 3.5 V versus Li|Li+. The oxidized PVMPT is soluble in many standard battery electrolytes, which diminishes its available specific capacity but at the same time can lead to a unique charge/discharge mechanism involving a redeposition process upon discharge. Herein, the influence of different conductive carbon additives and their properties, e.g., specific surface area, pore size distribution, and electrical conductivity, on the dissolution behavior of oxidized PVMPT is investigated. Compared to the state-of-the-art conductive carbon Super C65 employed in many organic battery electrodes, Ketjenblack EC-300J and EC-600J reduce the dissolution of the oxidized PVMPT due to better immobilization on the carbon additive and in the resulting 3D structure of the electrode, as assessed by N2-physisorption, electrochemical, UV–vis spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy investigations. The studies demonstrate that a dense packing of the carbon particles in the electrode is decisive for the stable immobilization of PVMPT while maintaining its long-term cycling performance.
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DO - DOI:10.1002/adfm.202210512
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1024932
ER -