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The performance of pyrrole and thiophene polymer electrodes in lithium cells has been examined in the lithium perchlorate–propylene carbonate electrolyte by cyclic voltammetry. Polypyrrole films were synthesized in 'wet' and 'dry' conditions; pyrrole and thiophene copolymers were prepared at different potentials and bilayers were prepared by sequential deposition of polythiophene (PTh) and polypyrrole (PPy) films. The polymers were cycled between 2.0V and 4.0V in the lithium cells. The effects of disconnecting the electrodes from the cell on the behaviour of the polymers regarding doping and coulombic efficiency were also studied. The cycling performance of the 'wet' PPy is better than 'dry' PPy, bilayer PTh/PPy and copolymers. No mixed behaviour was observed for a bilayer where the inner layer was polythiophene and the outer layer was polypyrrol with a thickness PPy/Pth ratio equal to ten. The copolymer prepared at 3.9V vs Li/Li+ showed the higher energy capacity in Whkg–1 calculated from the anodic charge.
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DE PINTO , M.I.S., MISHIMA , H.T. & DE MISHIMA , B.A.L. Polymers and copolymers of pyrrole and thiophene as electrodes in lithium cells. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 27, 831–838 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018476929590
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