Conducting Polymers: Special Applications Proceedings of the Workshop Held at Sintra, Portugal, July 28-31, 1986

The development and the study of both ionic and electronically conducting polymers have been. in the past few years. areas of· increasing interest. These new materials are. in fact. being considered for many technological applications. namely low weight. high energy density batteries and sensors. This volume contains the proceedings of a workshop on this subject. sponsored by the U.S. Army Research. Development and Standardization Group (U.K.). which took place in Sintra - Portugal from July 27 to July 31. 1986. The workshop. which included lectures. communications and discussion panels. was very sucessfull and the combination of ionic with electronically conducting polymers and their applications. not usually together in workshops or conferences. proved to be an excellent idea. Lisbon December. 1986 Luis Alcacer ix THE ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF ELECTRONICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMERS J. O'M. Bockris and David Miller Department of Chemistry Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843 USA ABSTRACT. The new field of the electrochemistry of electronically conducting polymers is reviewed. A brief historical account traces the beginning of organic electrodes to Ka11mann and Pope, who, in 1960, observed charge injection and conductance in anthracene electrodes.

` ...presents the state-of-the-art on conductive polymeric systems. ' Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 107, No.4, April 1988

` The data presented are new enough to make the book a welcome addition to the growing collection of books devoted to conducting polymers. '
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 74, 1988

` Essential reading for scientists wishing to research conducting polymers... '
RACI Polymer Division News, August 1988

` This book is highly useful to the beginners in the field. '
S.K. Dhawan, D.C. Trivedi, Bulletin of Electrochemistry, September 1988