Advanced Functional Materials, Vol.15, No.3, 427-432, 2005
A robust electroactive n-dopable aromatic polyketone
A new n-dopable polyketone, poly[(5-(2,5-dihexyl-4-(thiophen-2-yl)phenyl)thiophen-2-yl)(4-ketophenyl )methanone] (PTK), is synthesized via Friedel-Crafts acylation. Though insulating in the neutral state, PTK becomes conductive upon electrochemical reduction. The stable, two-electron, fully reversible reduction is probed spectroelectrochemically and via in-situ conductivity measurements.