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Modification of polystyrene maleic anhydride for efficient energy storage applications

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The development of new energy storage devices has been gaining momentum in the wake of the energy crisis faced worldwide. New materials have been tried and tested and efforts have been made to implement these materials to the commercial arena. Conducting polymers have been used and new polymeric structures have been designed in this respect. Here, we have modified styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) copolymer with two different moieties, i.e. 2-amino-5-mercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole (AMT) and 4,4-diaminodiphenylmethane (DDM) with an aim to study their electrochemical characteristics in details. The modifications were expected to greatly improve the electrochemical performance of an otherwise feebly conducting polymer. Both the modified copolymers were characterised using UV-visible and FTIR spectroscopic techniques and scanning electron microscopy. Their electrochemical properties were studied using cyclic voltammetry, chronopotentiometry and AC impedance techniques. These materials exhibited a significant enhancement in their specific capacitance when compared with SMA. SMA represents a specific capacitance of 24.5 F g−1 whereas AMT-modified copolymer SMA-1 exhibited a specific capacitance of 149 F g−1 and DDM-modified copolymer SMA-2 exhibited a specific capacitance of 124.45 F g−1. Thus, the results clearly indicated a considerable increase in the values of capacitance of SMA after the modification was performed.

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We would like to thank the DST-FIST programme-2015 LEVEL 0 for providing us with the instrumentation facilities to carry out this research work. We are grateful to the Centre for Research in Science and Technology (CRIST), Stella Maris College, Chennai, for helping us with the characterisation of the samples. We would also like to thank Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) for helping us in our research endeavours.

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Chakraborty, S., Simon, R. & Mary, N.L. Modification of polystyrene maleic anhydride for efficient energy storage applications. J Solid State Electrochem 25, 327–337 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-020-04797-7

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