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Reversible electrochemical doping of conjugated polymers and secondary batteries based thereon

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OSTI ID:6048128
A secondary battery is described comprising an anode means, a cathode means, and a electrolyte at least one of the electrode means including as an electrode active material a conjugated polymer which is characterized as having conjugated unsaturation along a main backbone chain thereof; the polymer being either oxidized or reduced to an electrically conducting state wherein it is doped with at least one ionic dopant species; the electrolyte comprising the ionic dopant species or a compound ionizable to form the ionic dopant species; the electrolyte being non-aqueous and inert with respect to the electrodes.
Assignee:
Univ. Patents Inc., Westport, CT
Patent Number(s):
US 4801512
OSTI ID:
6048128
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English