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On the improvement of the electrochemical behaviour of lithium-substituted polypyrrole for applications in Li-ion cells

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Present study deals with the efforts undertaken to improve the electrochemical performance of lithium-substituted polypyrrole (PPy) as the cathode active material in Li-ion-based cells. Improvement in the electrochemical performance is achieved by synthesizing polypyrrole by chemical oxidative polymerization strategy using ammonium persulfate (APS) as the oxidant. Polypyrrole synthesized using the modified approach is subjected to lithiation by treating with n-butyllithium in hexanes (n-BuLi). Lithium-enriched PPy is used as the cathode active material to assemble Li-ion cells, and the assembled cells are subjected to detailed electrochemical characterization. The cells are found to show significant improvement in the electrochemical performance.

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This work is financially supported by the University Grants Commission, Government of India, in the form of Teacher Fellowship. This work is financially assisted by the DST-FIST scheme of the Government of India to acquire the FESEM facility.

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  1. Department of Physics, Aquinas College, Edacochin, Kochi, Kerala, India

    Joseph John

  2. Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, 682022, India

    M. Manoj, A. Abhilash & S. Jayalekshmi

  3. Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, 682022, India

    A. Abhilash & S. Jayalekshmi

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John, J., Manoj, M., Abhilash, A. et al. On the improvement of the electrochemical behaviour of lithium-substituted polypyrrole for applications in Li-ion cells. Ionics 27, 1733–1742 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-03920-6

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