Journal of Energy Storage · 2021 · Vol. 42
Humayara Naj Heme*, Md Shah Nuruddin Alif*, SM Sultan Mahmud Rahat*, Sanzeeda Baig Shuchi
A review of polyaniline (PANI) composites for high-capacity energy storage, surveying over 170 articles on PANI-based supercapacitor electrode design, synthesis, mechanisms, and applications. The authors show that doping PANI with metals, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and activated carbon addresses pure PANI's limitations (low conductivity, small surface area, poor mechanical properties), yielding high-performance supercapacitors with faster ion transport, high durability, improved retention, and high specific capacitance.
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