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Facile doping of anionic narrow-band-gap conjugated polyelectrolytes during dialysis

  • Cheng Kang Mai
  • , Huiqiong Zhou
  • , Yuan Zhang
  • , Zachary B. Henson
  • , Thuc Quyen Nguyen
  • , Alan J. Heeger
  • , Guillermo C. Bazan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of California at Santa Barbara

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Abstract

PCPDTBTSO3K, an anionic, narrow-band-gap conjugated polyelectrolyte, was found to be doped after dialysis. The proposed doping mechanism involves protonation of the polymer backbone, followed by electron transfer from a neutral chain, to generate radical cations, which are stabilized by the pendant sulfonate anions. Formation of polarons is supported by spectroscopy and electrical-conductivity measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12874-12878
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume52
Issue number49
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Dec 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • conducting materials
  • conjugated polyelectrolytes
  • dialysis
  • polymers
  • self-doped polymers

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