Dynamics of charge injection into an open conjugated polymer: A nonadiabatic approach

AbstractScanning-tunneling spectroscopy experiments have been performed on conjugated polymer films and have been compared to a three-dimensional numerical model for charge injection and transport. It is found that field enhancement near the tip apex leads to significant changes in the injected current, which can amount to more than an order of magnitude, and can even change the polarity of the dominant charge carrier. As a direct consequence, the single-particle band gap and band alignment of the organic material can be directly obtained from tip height-voltage (z-V) curves, provided that the tip has a sufficiently sharp apex.

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Temporal Change in Electric Potential Distribution and Film Thickness in Electrophoretic Deposition of Conjugated Polymer

IEICE Transactions on Electronics ◽

10.1587/transele.e96.c.378 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol E96.C (3) ◽

pp. 378-380 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kazuya TADA

Keyword(s):

Film Thickness ◽

Electrophoretic Deposition ◽

Electric Potential ◽

Conjugated Polymer ◽

Potential Distribution ◽

Temporal Change ◽

Electric Potential Distribution

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Optical and Electrical Properties of Organic Conducting Polymers

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY ◽

10.24297/jac.v8i1.7103 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1457-1463

Author(s):

Salah Abdulla Hasoon

Keyword(s):

Electrical Properties ◽

Conjugated Polymer ◽

Polymeric Materials ◽

Quantum Mechanical ◽

Optical And Electrical Properties ◽

Electrically Conducting ◽

Temperature Ranges ◽

Lithium Tetrafluoroborate ◽

Absorbance Peak ◽

Polymerization Method

Novel electrically conducting polymeric materials are prepared in this work. Polythiophene (PT) and poly (3-Methelthiophene) (P3MT) films were prepared by electro-polymerization method using cyclic voltammetry in acetonitrile as a solvent and lithium tetrafluoroborate as the electrolyte on a gold electrode. Electrical properties of P3MT have been examined in different environments using UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and quantum mechanical ab initio calculations, The observed absorption peaks at 314 and 415 nm, were attributed to the n-π* and π-π* transitions, respectively in the conjugated polymer chain, in contrast, the observed absorbance peak at 649 nm, is responsible for electric conduction. The temperature dependence of the conductivity can be fitted to the Arrhenius and the VTF equations in different temperature ranges.

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Dissolution and Performing Homogeneous Photocatalysis of Polymeric Carbon Nitride

10.26434/chemrxiv.6959627 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Chaofeng Huang ◽

Jing Wen ◽

Yanfei Shen ◽

Fei He ◽

Li Mi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Conjugated Polymer ◽

Carbon Nitride ◽

Heterogeneous Catalysts ◽

Methane Sulfonic Acid ◽

Environment Friendly ◽

The Poor ◽

Catalytic Sites ◽

Homogeneous Photocatalysis ◽

Polymeric Carbon ◽

First Time

<a></a><a>As a metal-free conjugated polymer, carbon nitride (CN) has attracted tremendous attention as heterogeneous (photo)catalysts. </a><a></a><a>By following prototype of enzymes, making all catalytic sites of accessible via homogeneous reactions is a promising approach toward maximizing CN activity, but hindered due to </a><a></a><a>the poor insolubility of CN</a>. Herein, we report the dissolution of CN in environment-friendly methane sulfonic acid and the homogeneous photocatalysis driven by CN for the first time with the activity boosted up to 10-times, comparing to the heterogeneous counterparts. Moreover, facile recycling and reusability, the <a>hallmark</a> of heterogeneous catalysts, were kept for the homogeneous CN photocatalyst via reversible precipitation using poor solvents. It opens new vista of CN in homogeneous catalysis and offers a successful example of polymeric catalysts in bridging gaps of homo/heterogeneous catalysis.

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Endgroup and Sidechain Functionalization of Surface-Initiated ROMP Thin Films: Progress Towards ROMP-Based Molecular Wires

10.26434/chemrxiv.5954518 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Nicholas Marshall

Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Contact Angle ◽

Cyclic Voltammetry ◽

Polymer Films ◽

Conjugated Polymer ◽

Ring Opening ◽

Molecular Wires ◽

Metathesis Polymerization ◽

Cross Metathesis ◽

Active Ester

A set of experiments in surface-initiated ring-opening metathesis polymerization, including end-functionalization of growing brushes and contact angle/cyclic voltammetry measurements. We report preparation and CV of two different conjugated polymer films, and several endgroup and sidechain functionalization experiments using cross-metathesis and active ester substitution.<br>

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