Conjugated microporous polymer electrodes for supercapacitors: recent progress, key challenges, and future directions
Mohammed G Kotp1, Mohamed Gamal Mohamed1, Shiao-Wei Kuo1
1Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science, Center for Functional Polymers and Supramolecular Materials, National Sun Yat-Sen University Kaohsiung 804 Taiwan kuosw@faculty.nsysu.edu.tw.
Chemical Science
|October 30, 2025
Summary
Conjugated Microporous Polymers (CMPs) show promise for supercapacitor electrodes due to their high surface area and stability. Research highlights their potential to enhance energy storage capacity and efficiency, offering a competitive alternative to traditional materials.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Electrochemistry
- Energy Storage
Background:
- Conjugated Microporous Polymers (CMPs) offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable porosity, redox activity, and chemical stability.
- These characteristics make CMPs highly suitable for supercapacitor electrode applications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the role of CMPs in advancing supercapacitor technology.
- To explore CMP structural/chemical properties, energy storage mechanisms, and recent material/device engineering advancements.
- To highlight the integration of CMPs with other nanomaterials for enhanced performance.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of recent advancements in CMPs for supercapacitors.
- Analysis of synergistic integration of CMPs with carbon nanomaterials, metal oxides, and conductive polymers.
- Evaluation of performance indicators such as capacitance, energy density, power efficiency, and cycling stability.
Main Results:
- CMPs demonstrate significant improvements in mass-based capacitance, energy storage capacity, power output efficiency, and cycling stability.
- Hybrid and composite systems integrating CMPs show enhanced conductivity and electrochemical performance.
- CMPs are emerging as competitive alternatives to traditional materials like activated carbon and graphene.
Conclusions:
- CMPs are a promising class of materials for next-generation supercapacitors.
- Further research is needed to address challenges in scalability, conductivity, and long-term stability.
- Future directions include flexible, wearable, solid-state, and hybrid energy storage systems.
