Synthesis of anthraquinone-based electroactive polymers: a critical review

Zarren, G, Nisar, B and Sher, F ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2890-5912, 2019. Synthesis of anthraquinone-based electroactive polymers: a critical review. Materials Today Sustainability, 5: 100019. ISSN 2589-2347

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Abstract

Conducting polymers or synthetic monomers have revolutionized the world and are at the heart of scientific research having a scope of vast diverse applications in many technological fields. The conducting and redox polymers have been investigated as energy storage systems because of their better sustainability, ease of synthesis, and environmental compatibility. Owing to the conducting properties of quinones, they gain too much importance among the researchers. Keeping in view the importance and sustainability of conducting polymers, for the first time, this study compiles a detailed overview of synthetic approaches followed by investigations on electrochemical properties and future directions. This study critically examines the synthetic process of simple monomers, substituted monomers, and polymers of anthraquinone (AQ) under the classification of low- and high-molecular-weight AQ–based derivatives, their working principles, and their electrochemical applications, which enable us to explore their novel possible application in automotive, solar cell devices, aircraft aileron, and biomedical equipment. Irrefutably, we confirm that high-molecular-weight polymeric AQ compounds are best in comparison with low-molecular-weight AQ monomers because they have pre-eminent properties over monomeric systems. Because of the significant properties of AQ, polymeric systems are high demanding and have emerged as a hot topic among the researchers these days. In the current scenario, this study is of immense importance because it identifies and discusses the right and sustainable combination and paves the way to utilize these novel materials in different technologies.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Materials Today Sustainability
Creators:	Zarren, G., Nisar, B. and Sher, F.
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
Date:	September 2019
Volume:	5
ISSN:	2589-2347
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.mtsust.2019.100019 DOI S258923471930017X Publisher Item Identifier 1568206 Other
Rights:	Copyright: © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	27 Jul 2022 14:48
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2022 14:48
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/46753

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