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New cyano-substituted copolymers containing biphenylenevinylene and bithienylenevinylene units: synthesis, optical, and electrochemical properties

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Two new cyano-substituted copolymers containing biphenylenevinylene and bithienylenevinylene moieties (DCN-PPV and DCN-PTV) were synthesized by a stille condensation reaction with Pd(PPh3)4 as catalyst. Their structures were confirmed by 1H NMR, IR spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. The thermal, optical, and electrochemical properties of the polymers were investigated. The results show that the polymers possess high thermal decomposition temperature and reversible n-doping/dedoping processes. In addition, DCN-PTV has higher electron affinity with a low LUMO energy level of −3.84 eV and a relatively broader absorption band covering 300–780 nm, indicating that DCN-PTV could be a potential n-type conjugated polymer in optoelectronic devices.

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This work was supported by National Natural science Foundation of China (Nos. 50803074 and 50633050), the Opening Fund of State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, and Start-up fund of Central South University.

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  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, People’s Republic of China

    Yingping Zou, Bo Liu & Chunyue Pan

  2. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, 100190, China

    Yongfang Li

  3. State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, People’s Republic of China

    Yuehui He & Kechao Zhou

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Zou, Y., Liu, B., Li, Y. et al. New cyano-substituted copolymers containing biphenylenevinylene and bithienylenevinylene units: synthesis, optical, and electrochemical properties. J Mater Sci 44, 4174–4180 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-009-3622-5

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