“…After addition of the monomers to the FeCl 3 powder, an exothermic reaction occurred and temperatures increased to 350, 213, and 190 °C from 25 °C for PPy, PMPy, and PEPy systems, indicating progress of the polymerization. The yields after the purification were gravimetrically determined to be 74% (PPy), 56% (PMPy), and 63% (PEPy), which were similar to those reported previously for P3HT 30 and PEDOT 31 synthesized by solvent-free polymerization (67 and 52%). As comparison, the yields of PPy, PMPy, and PEPy synthesized by aqueous chemical oxidative polymerization were gravimetrically determined to be 89%, 47%, and 2%.…”