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Draft of Polymer-based battery article
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 * Solution polymerization
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 * Conductive elastomer
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Polymer-based battery
Outline: Electrochemistry 1.Electrochemistry: In this section, I will detail the electrochemical reactions involved in polymer-based batteries. This section is included on most battery type Wikipedia pages and is important to establish an initial understanding of how these batteries work.

2. Charge and discharge: This is another common section on battery Wikipedia pages, and in the section I will briefly elaborate on the charging and discharging processes, as well as the effect of temperature on these processes.

3.Performance: Batteries are only of importance if they can demonstrate good performance, so this section is very important to include. I plan to include the specific energy density, volumetric energy density, and specific power density of current polymer-based batteries, and perhaps a note about the performance trend of these batteries over time.

4.Types of Active Materials: In this section, I will discuss characteristics, specific advantages, specific disadvantages and examples of the following types of active materials.

5.Conductive Additives: This is a section I am still considering adding but am not certain. Due to the low intrinsic conductivities of polymers, besides conjugated polymers, the preparation of composite electrodes consisting of a redox-active polymer active material and a conductive additive is a frequent approach to overcome this challenge.

6.Advantages: In this section, I will discuss the advantages of polymer-based batteries, especially in the context of other more commercialized batteries.

7.Challenges: In this section, I will discuss the disadvantages of polymer-based batteries, especially in the context of other more commercialized batteries.

8.Safety: Safety is a crucial component of commercialized battery science and it is therefore appropriate for it to have its own section.

Citing exercise:

Using polymers as active components in batteries removes the need to use metals which are often located in politically unstable regions.