context: For small molecules, making composites with conductive fillers is one of the main strategies to enhance the rate capability. Decreasing the particle size, e.g., via ball-milling, is apparently another effective approach. Conjugated polymers should have better electron conductivity and potentially perform better than non-conductive small molecules. However, the performance of reported conjugated structures was generally moderate. We suppose that this is partly because non-optimal carbonate-based electrolytes were used with these materials.
answer: carbonate-based 