Showing papers in "Synthetic Metals in 2021"

TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of electrochemical performances between jute sticks derived activated carbon (JC) and commercially available activated carbon based symmetric supercapacitors was carried out, and the results showed that the JC-based supercapACitor provided higher specific capacitance (150 F/g) than the AC-based symmetric Supercapacitor (29 F /g) at a scan rate of 10 mV/sec.

TL;DR: In this paper, the recent research updates in the synthesis, properties, advantages and applications of polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers (NFs) based on electrospinning technique are discussed.

TL;DR: A comprehensive survey on the recent works on conducting polymer based composites towards EMI shielding applications is given in this paper, where conducting polymer composites have gained special recognition owing to their unique properties such as light-weight, processability, environmental stability, long life, durable and less corrosive with tunability.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present recently emerging trends in synthesis, characterization, and properties of polymer composites, nanocomposites, bionanocomposite, and applications.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have fabricated Mn-doped Co3O4 nanoparticles and their binary nanohybrid with r-GO nanosheets and decorated it directly on the nickel foam (NF) via a single-step hydrothermal method.

TL;DR: In this article, six new molecules have been designed by bridging core modifications and analyzed through advanced quantum chemical techniques, including density functional theory and time dependent DFT, to compute optoelectronic, photovoltaic and physiochemical properties of newly designed molecules.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of new banana-shaped acceptors (BS1-BS5) were designed by doing end-capped modifications of BDTP-4F (R).

TL;DR: In this paper, PEDOT has emerged as a champion material in field of bioelectronics harboring broader domain of applications with an added advantage related to its versatile synthetic process.

TL;DR: In this article, different types of materials have been used and studied to improve the anticorrosion properties of metallic substrates among which conducting polymers (CPs) have gained tremendous attention as anticorerosive coatings.

TL;DR: In this article, an electrochemical quercetin (Q.R.) sensor based on carbon nitride (CN) copolymerized with 2,6-diaminoantandantquinone (DAQ) was assembled.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors collected the performed works on the mechanical, tribological, thermal, corrosion, and electrical performances of the thermosetting and thermoplastic polymeric composites reinforced with MXenes.

TL;DR: In this paper, a piezo resistive wearable pressure sensor using Polyaniline (PANI) incorporated with cellulose paper (CP) substrate is presented, which is prepared by coating the sensing material on the paper using simple dip coating method.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel sensing platform based on MoO3-polypyrrole nanowires /MWCNTs (MoO3PPy NWs/MWCNTs) composite was developed for electrochemical detection of luteolin, a widely used antitumoral agent.

TL;DR: Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are an emerging class of 2D materials with fascinating properties suitable for various applications that span from material science, electronics, opto-electronics to even biomedical technology.

TL;DR: In this paper, a Schiff base (Ligand=L), which was designed and synthesized through one-step condensation reaction using 2,2′-bithiophene-5-carboxaldehyde and 4,4'-diaminotriphenylamine (DATPA), was employed for fluorescent detection of the presence of Sn2+ ions.

TL;DR: In this article, bimetal Co/Ni organic framework material (Co/Ni-MOF) is prepared by one-step solvothermal method by adjusting the concentration of the inserted metal Ni.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the tilted angle on the reflection loss was studied by finite element analysis (FEM) and the results for the starting point for the gradient honeycomb structure design and optimization were derived.

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural properties of ZnO-MWCNT nanocomposite are studied regarding XRD spectra, FESEM, and EDX images.

TL;DR: In this article, a flexible fiber-shaped electrodes that polypyrrole (PPy) and hydroquinone derivatives coated on the surface of carbon fiber yarn (CFY) were synthesized by a simple one-step electrosynthesis.

TL;DR: In this paper, nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide decorated by magnetic cobalt ferrite (NRGO/CoFe2O4) hybrid nanocomposites were fabricated through solvothermal and hydrothermal two-step processes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the structural, optical, thermal and morphological properties of flexible polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/polypyrrole (WPPy)/vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) nanocomposite films were successfully synthesized by the solution casting method.

TL;DR: In this paper, a bio-compatible plasticized starch/reduced graphene oxide (PS/rGO) nanocomposite was fabricated using a facile aqueous casting method.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of doping strategies to improve the performance of GQDs is presented, including nitrogen atom doping, sulfur atom doping and co-doping, and doping with other atoms.

TL;DR: In this paper, a polypyrrole-Maghemite-graphitic carbon nitride (PPy/γ-Fe2O3/g-C3N4) composites were successfully fabricated via the one-step chemical synthesis of PPy/γ -Fe 2O3 nanospheres in the presence of g-C 3N4 nanosheets.

TL;DR: In this paper, a mini-review of the top conductive electrodes for transparent organic solar cells is presented, examining the properties, advantages, challenges, and recent progress of such electrodes in the last five years.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the properties of graphene conductive ink prepared by solvent exchange techniques using four combinations of solvents, namely, dimethylformamide (DMF): xylene, DMF: toluene,DMF: ethanol, and DMF : acetone.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed both sides of gold-plated nylon porous membrane as ion transport layer and electrode layer to construct highly-flexible monolithic integrated IR-ED, which can reversibly convert between colored state (dark green) and bleached state (golden yellow) upon the imposed external voltages.

TL;DR: In this article, a non-fullerene electron acceptor for organic photovoltaic cells was developed, which has a small band gap, good optical aspects and charge mobilities.

TL;DR: In this paper, three different naphthalene diimide derivatives bearing imide side chains of different hydrophilicity were designed, synthesized and characterised for capacitive type humidity sensors, which exhibited high sensitivity, good long-term stability, excellent reproducibility and low hysteresis.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of synthesis parameters on the features of the subsequent nanocomposites like near-infrared (NIR) transmission, electrical conductivity, tensile strength, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effectiveness by absorbance and reflection was examined in the frequency region of 0.1-20 GHz.