Phenazine copolymers and uses thereof
AssigneeCornell University
InventorsBrett P. Fors, Héctor D. Abruña, Cara Gannett, Brian Peterson, Luxi Shen
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Abstract
Provided are phenazine copolymers and methods of making and using phenazine copolymers. The phenazine copolymers may be made from one or more phenazine precursors and one or more co-monomer precursors, one or more phenazine precursors and one or more cross-linking precursors, or one or more phenazine precursors and both one or more cross-linking precursors and one or more co-monomer precursors. The phenazine copolymers may be used in/on cathodes. The cathodes may be used in a variety of devices, such as, for example, batteries or supercapacitors.
Claims25
A phenazine copolymer comprising:
- a plurality of phenazine units;
- and
- a plurality of co-monomer units or a plurality of cross-linking units or both a plurality of co-monomer units and a plurality of cross-linking units,
- wherein the individual phenazine units are covalently bonded to a co-monomer unit and/or a cross-linking unit and the number of phenazine units, co-monomer units, and cross-linking units is determined by the following equations:
- a1+(b2+x3)→phenazine copolymer (1)
- b+3/2x=a (2),
- or
- b+(n/2)x=a (10),
- wherein 1 is the phenazine units and/or 2 is the co-monomer units and/or 3 is the cross-linking units and/or a is the amount of the phenazine units and/or b is the amount of the co-monomer units and/or x is the amount of the cross-linking units and/or n is the number of reactive sites in the cross-linking unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.