Prediction of the Specific Energy of Supercapacitors with Polymeric Materials Using Advanced Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

Supercapacitor/pseudocapacitor structures with electrodes and electrolytes based on conductive polymers, but not only, have been analyzed using techniques. Results indicated in the literature were used to confirm the results obtained for the specific capacitance and energetic performances of the systems. New material classes like Polymer-MXene electrodes ((PANI)/TiC, PFDs/TiCT) present increased capacitance in comparison with simple polymeric composites (PETC or PTh).

Structure Optimization of Some Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes with Increased Conductivity Used in "Beyond Lithium-Ion" Batteries.

Simulation techniques implemented with the HFSS program were used for structure optimization from the point of view of increasing the conductivity of the batteries' electrolytes. Our analysis was focused on reliable "beyond lithium-ion" batteries, using single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes, in a gel variant. Their conductivity can be increased by tuning and correlating the internal parameters of the structure.

Induced Wettability Switch in Thin Films of Conductive Polymer Coatings Exhibiting Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Interactions.

The hydrophobic/hydrophilic character of some conductive polymer (CP) coatings can be switched in the function of the working conditions of these adaptive materials. We studied the influence of electrical stimuli and intrinsic physical characteristics (nature of the polymerizable core, dopants, the droplet dimension and physical properties, surface roughness, etc.) on the CP wettability.