This work shows the electro-polymerisation of thin film poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) on three-dimensional reticulated vitreous carbon substrates by cyclic voltammetry and pulsed polymerisation methods from a Lewis neutral chloroaluminate ionic liquid containing 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomer. The polymer composite is attractive as an energy storage electrode for sustainable and high-performance technologies due to its unique properties of battery and capacitor in one system, i.e., the redox reaction occurring simultaneously with the anion doping/de-doping of the conductive polymer with AlCl₄⁻ ionic species contained in the ionic liquid. The structure of the polymer films, their doping/de-doping mechanism and the stability in the ionic liquid were characterised by scanning electron microscopy and cyclic voltammetry and compared with films electro-polymerised on planar vitreous carbon. The typical granular and nano/micro-porous polymer structure observed on planar vitreous carbon was successfully replicated on the macro-porous reticulated vitreous carbon surface. The polymer films show approximately 45% higher capacity than films on planar substrates and similar efficient redox behaviour, proving that the material has hybrid battery-capacitor properties enhanced by the higher area per unit volume of reticulated vitreous carbon.

这项工作显示了通过循环伏安法和脉冲聚合方法，从含有3,4-乙撑二氧噻吩单体的Lewis中性氯铝酸盐离子液体中，在三维网状玻璃碳基质上进行薄膜聚（3,4-乙撑二氧噻吩）的电聚合。聚合物复合材料由于其在一个系统中具有电池和电容器的独特性能，因此可作为可持续和高性能技术的储能电极，即氧化还原反应与导电聚合物的阴离子掺杂/去掺杂同时发生。氯化铝₄ ^-离子液体中包含的离子物质。通过扫描电子显微镜和循环伏安法表征了聚合物薄膜的结构，掺杂/去掺杂机理以及在离子液体中的稳定性，并与在平面玻璃碳上电聚合的薄膜进行了比较。在平面玻璃碳上观察到的典型的颗粒状和纳米/微孔聚合物结构已成功复制到大孔网状玻璃碳表面上。聚合物薄膜的显示容量比平面基板上的薄膜高约45％，并且具有类似的有效氧化还原性能，证明该材料具有混合的电池-电容器特性，因为单位体积的网状玻璃状碳具有更高的面积。