Conducting Polymer Electrocatalysts for Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions: Toward Organic Fuel Cells with Forest Fuels

Che, Canyan (author): Linköpings universitet,Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap,Tekniska fakulteten

Vagin, Mikhail, 1976- (author): Linköpings universitet,Fysik och elektroteknik,Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi,Tekniska fakulteten

Wijeratne, Kosala (author): Linköpings universitet,Fysik och elektroteknik,Tekniska fakulteten

Zhao, Dan, 1986- (author): Linköpings universitet,Fysik och elektroteknik,Tekniska fakulteten

Warczak, Magdalena (author): Linköpings universitet,Fysik och elektroteknik,Tekniska fakulteten

Jonsson, Magnus, 1981- (author): Linköpings universitet,Fysik och elektroteknik,Tekniska fakulteten

Crispin, Xavier, 1972- (author): Linköpings universitet,Fysik och elektroteknik,Tekniska fakulteten

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Abstract Subject headings

Lignin is one of the most abundant biopolymers, constituting 25% of plants. The pulp and paper industries extract lignin in their process and today seek new applications for this by-product. Here, it is reported that the aromatic alcohols obtained from lignin depolymerization can be used as fuel in high power density electrical power sources. This study shows that the conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), fabricated from abundant ele-ments via low temperature synthesis, enables efﬁcient, direct, and reversible chemical-to-electrical energy conversion of aromatic alcohols such as lignin residues in aqueous media. A material operation principle related to the rela-tively high molecular diffusion and ionic conductivity within the conducting polymer matrix, ensuring efﬁcient uptake of protons in the course of proton-coupled electron transfers between organic molecules is proposed.

By the author/editor: Che, Canyan; Vagin, Mikhail, ...; Wijeratne, Kosal ...; Zhao, Dan, 1986-; Warczak, Magdale ...; Jonsson, Magnus, ...; show more...; Crispin, Xavier, ...; show less...

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