Abstract
Nanocomposites of laponite and polypyrrole nanoscale phase separation that results in clay nanodomains interconnected with meandering polypyrrole. Electrodes with specific capacitances of up to 350 F g−1.
Highlights
Polymer–clay nanocomposites based on the assembly of polymers and layered nano-sized clays have received considerable worldwide attention over the last twenty years.[1]
Clays play an important role in industrial processes,[2] and more recently they have emerged as promising high-tech nanomaterials for drug delivery,[3,4] catalysts and catalyst supports,[5,6,7] soil and water puri cation,[8] and as additives to polymeric materials to tune their physical properties.[9]
The present paper extends our preliminary note[15] that focused on the use of laponite as active electrode material for electrochemical double layer capacitors
Summary
Polymer–clay nanocomposites based on the assembly of polymers and layered nano-sized clays have received considerable worldwide attention over the last twenty years.[1]. The high-resolution electron backscatter micrograph (ESI, Fig. S2b†) where atomic number contrast depicts PPy (dark) and Lp rich-domains (bright) con rms the nanoscale phase separation.
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