Okay, so, we did a thing. Writing a post a few weeks later as the manuscript is up in its properly styled electronic form. Here is a new #article on #electrochemical #copolymerization of #hydroquinone and #PEDOT, which is essentially its title. Apart from checking whether it's actually a #copolymer (rather than a composite), we adjusted synthesis parameters, studied charge transfer a bit, and threw in a little something regarding probable use as an #energy storing #ElectrodeMaterial.
There are also bits and pieces of other methods relevant to our ongoing projects, but the most curious thing for me personally (and the one that led me to near-exhaustion a few times when I thought that a fluke is an “aha!” moment) is the possibility of mixing two relatively simple compounds, bashing them with pulsed potential repeatedly and getting an outcome of a nice capacitive/conducting PEDOT response, on top of which we can have however much we want (well, up to about two-thirds) redox response of hydroquinone.
Anyway, we’ve been cooking for 2 years, because each time something happened, it did the result more interesting, until we were finally—well, not satisfied exactly—but sure that it would be compelling as a published article.
The link is here:
https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA07307J

A research team at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has developed a new sustainable process that can be used to improve the #electrochemical performance of #lithium-ion #batteries.
#Chemistry #Technology #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/01/chm01062501.html

There are two #methods for #measuringpH: #colorimetric methods using indicator solutions or papers, and the more accurate #electrochemical methods using electrodes and a millivoltmeter (pH meter).

Colleagues have published a new article on #cobaltocenium-containing polymers (well, #polysiloxanes). Our lab has contributed to some #electrochemical characterization. This is also where I realized that, despite the deceptive similarity between ferrocenes and cobaltocenes, the latter are quite capricious, as they prefer #redox reactions in cathodic potential regions. The more challenges, the more interesting the task, I suppose. Anyway, here’s the link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c02238 [ACS / non-OA]