Conjugated Polymers for Flexible Energy Harvesting and Storage |
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| Authors: | Zhitao Zhang Meng Liao Huiqing Lou Yajie Hu Xuemei Sun Huisheng Peng |
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| Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, China |
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| Abstract: | Since the discovery of conjugated polymers in the 1970s, they have attracted considerable interest in light of their advantages of having a tunable bandgap, high electroactivity, high flexibility, and good processability compared to inorganic conducting materials. The above combined advantages make them promising for effective energy harvesting and storage, which have been widely studied in recent decades. Herein, the key advancements in the use of conjugated polymers for flexible energy harvesting and storage are reviewed. The synthesis, structure, and properties of conjugated polymers are first summarized. Then, their applications in flexible polymer solar cells, thermoelectric generators, supercapacitors, and lithium‐ion batteries are described. The remaining challenges are then discussed to highlight the future direction in the development of conjugated polymers. |
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| Keywords: | conjugated polymers flexible lithium‐ion batteries polymer solar cells supercapacitors |
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