The electronic and electrochemical properties of poly(isothianaphthene)

M. Kobayashi, N. Colaneri, M. Boysel, F. Wudl, A. J. Heeger

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Abstract

The physical and electronic properties of poly(isothianaphthene) PITN, are reported, including initial characterization, electrochemical cyclic voltammetry, spectroscopy, and transport properties. PITN has the smallest energy gap of any known conjugated organic polymer, Eg≃1 eV. This novel conjugated polymer exhibits reversible chemical and electrochemical p-type doping with an associated high contrast color change. After doping, thin films of PITN have very low optical density in the visible portion of the spectrum. Thus, PITN is the first example of a transparent highly conducting polymer (σ∼50 Ω-1 cm-1).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5717-5723
Number of pages7
JournalThe Journal of chemical physics
Volume82
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1984

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

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