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High‐Strength Conducting Polymers Prepared by Electrochemical Polymerization in Boron Trifluoride Diethyl Etherate Solution
Author(s) -
Shi Gaoquan,
Li Chun,
Liang Yingqiu
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199909)11:13<1145::aid-adma1145>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - boron trifluoride , materials science , polymer , polythiophene , conductive polymer , ultimate tensile strength , polymerization , boron , metal , electrochemistry , aluminium , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , composite material , organic chemistry , metallurgy , electrode , chemistry , catalysis , engineering
Flexible metallic plastic sheets and films of two high‐strength conducting polymers, polythiophene and poly( p ‐phenylene), are discussed. The synthetic procedure—electropolymerization in boron trifluoride diethyl etherate solution—is believed to be the key to the exceptional mechanical properties of these materials, which have a tensile strength close to or better than that of aluminum foil. The ability to process these materials into desired structures according to standard plastics industry procedures also contributes to the significance of this work.