Multifunctional Polymers in Electrochemistry

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 2453

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Department of Thermal and Fluids Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: porous media; electrochemistry; energy materials; fluid mechanics; solid mechanics; renewable energy
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Dear Colleagues,

Significant progress has been achieved in the development of ion exchange membranes (IEMs) for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices in recent decades. However, the optimal design of IEMs faces challenges related to the multiple constraints that must be met simultaneously: (i) high proton conductivity, (ii) chemical resistance, (iii) dimensional stability, (iv) robust mechanical properties, (v) thermomechanical stability, and (vi) low crossover permeability. Hybrid and composite IEMs play a key role in fulfilling all the above requirements, including pore-filling IEMs, layered and non-layered reinforced IEMs and incorporation of porous and non-porous inorganic–organic fillers, such as ceramic oxides, carbon nanofillers, and metallic and covalent organic frameworks (MOFs and COFs). Additionally, a growing number of works has been devoted to the functionalization of IEMs with ionic liquids to improve performance at dry conditions and high temperatures and/or reduce species crossover. Works dealing with the modeling, design, characterization, and testing of novel hybrid and composite IEMs are welcome to this Special Issue.

Dr. Pablo A. García-Salaberri
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Keywords

  • ion exchange membrane
  • hybrid and composite design
  • electrochemical energy
  • optimization
  • modeling
  • characterization and testing

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Progressive Trends in Hybrid Material-Based Chemiresistive Sensors for Nitroaromatic Compounds
by Gaurav Awasthi, Ritika Sharma, Subramanian Sundarrajan, Seeram Ramakrishna and Pawan Kumar
Polymers 2022, 14(21), 4643; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14214643 - 31 Oct 2022
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In the last decades, development of hybrid materials, especially inorganic–organic materials, coordination polymers, conducting polymers, carbon materials, and many more, has produced breakthroughs in diverse applications. Various advance materials have been reported in the literature using metal organic frameworks (MOFs), which compensate for [...] Read more.
In the last decades, development of hybrid materials, especially inorganic–organic materials, coordination polymers, conducting polymers, carbon materials, and many more, has produced breakthroughs in diverse applications. Various advance materials have been reported in the literature using metal organic frameworks (MOFs), which compensate for the limitations of sensors. Diverse combinations of HMs not only offer excellent features, but also give a ray of hope for unprecedented advances in materials in different research areas, such as sensing, energy storage, catalysis, non-linear optics, drug-delivery systems, gas storage, etc. Chemiresistor sensors are a core enabling sensor technology and have led to much progress in the field of material science. Here, we have reviewed the recent progress in chemiresistive sensors based on HMs for nitroaromatic compounds, which could be beneficial for researchers that explore this field further. We have put emphasis on sensing mechanisms and the performance of diverse HMs for nitroaromatic sensing applications including pesticides, pollutants, explosives, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). In the end, we explored opportunities, challenges, and future perspectives in this emerging field. Full article
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