Electrochemical synthesis of acetonitrile-soluble poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) in ionic liquids and its characterizations.
1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMIMBF4), one kind of ionic liquids, has been used as electrolyte to electropolymerize soluble conducting polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT). This polymer with the particles size of several hundred nanometres in diameter has a porous structure and can be solubilized in acetonitrile, acetone, chloroform and other organic solvents, but it is insoluble in water. Moreover, it displays fluorescence in a wide wavelength region.
Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
Keke
K
Liu
Rong
R
Xue
Zhenglong
Z
Hu
Jianrong
J
Zhang
Jun-Jie
JJ
Zhu