title: Powering up the future: radical polymers for battery applications.
abstract: Our society's dependency on portable electric energy, i.e., rechargeable batteries, which permit power consumption at any place and in any time, will eventually culminate in resource wars on limited commodities like lithium, cobalt, and rare earth metals. The substitution of conventional metals as means of electric charge storage by organic and polymeric materials, which may ultimately be derived from renewable resources, appears to be the only feasible way out. In this context, the novel class of organic radical batteries (ORBs) excelling in rate capability (i.e., charging speed) and cycling stability (>1000 cycles) sets new standards in battery research. This review examines stable nitroxide radical bearing polymers, their processing to battery systems, and their promising performance.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Janoschka
authors.forename: Martin D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hager
authors.forename: Ulrich S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D004566:Electrodes; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D011108:Polymers