Redox-active polymers have gained interest as environmentally friendly alternative to inorganic materials in applications such as electrodes in lithium-ion batteries. All-polymer batteries were first disregarded with respect to other technologies due to their lower energy densities. However, the inherent benefits of redox polymers such as processability, flexibility, recyclability, high-rate performance and the perspective to prepare batteries from renewable resources has re-ignited interest in recent years. This review article aims to provide a comprehensive overview on the state of the art of batteries in which the active material is a redox polymer; including “static” all-polymer batteries and polymer-air batteries but also “flowing” systems such as polymer based redox-flow batteries (pRFB). First, a succinct overview of the recent developments of redox polymers will be given, summarizing the historic trends and developments. Second, an exhaustive discussion of the various battery prototypes will be provided, considering all steps in the development of organic batteries just based in redox polymers. Finally, future perspectives on all-polymer batteries will be discussed, summarizing the major challenges that are still to be overcome to unlock their commercial implementation.

氧化还原活性聚合物在锂离子电池电极等应用中作为无机材料的环保替代品而受到关注。与其他技术相比，全聚合物电池首先被忽视，因为它们的能量密度较低。然而，氧化还原聚合物的固有优势，例如可加工性、柔韧性、可回收性、高倍率性能以及从可再生资源制备电池的前景，近年来重新点燃了人们的兴趣。这篇综述文章旨在全面概述活性材料为氧化还原聚合物的电池的最新技术；包括“静态”全聚合物电池和聚合物-空气电池，以及“流动”系统，例如基于聚合物的氧化还原液流电池 (pRFB)。第一的，将简要概述氧化还原聚合物的最新发展，总结历史趋势和发展。其次，将提供对各种电池原型的详尽讨论，考虑到仅基于氧化还原聚合物的有机电池开发的所有步骤。最后，将讨论全聚合物电池的未来前景，总结仍有待克服的主要挑战，以解锁其商业应用。