A new n-type low bandgap conjugated polymer P-co-CDT: synthesis and excellent reversible electrochemical and electrochromic properties

Jianhui Hou; Shaoqing Zhang; Teresa L Chen; Yang Yang

doi:10.1039/b812489b

A new n-type low bandgap conjugated polymer P-co-CDT: synthesis and excellent reversible electrochemical and electrochromic properties

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Dec 7:(45):6034-6. doi: 10.1039/b812489b. Epub 2008 Oct 21.

Authors

Jianhui Hou¹, Shaoqing Zhang, Teresa L Chen, Yang Yang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering & California Nanosystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. jhhou@ucla.edu

PMID: 19030577
DOI: 10.1039/b812489b

Abstract

A n-type low bandgap conjugated polymer based on perylene diimide and cyclopenta[2,1-b:3,4-b']dithiophene, which exhibits excellent reversible electrochemical properties in both n-doping/dedoping and p-doping/dedoping processes, was designed, synthesized and characterized.