Reversible n-Doping of Poly(nonylbithiazole) and Oligomeric Model Compounds. Application as a Li Battery Electrode

Voltammetric, EQCM, and in situ conductance studies of p- and n-dopable polymers based on ethylenedioxythiophene and bithiazole

“…The stacking of the bithiazole ring along the conjugated backbone could give rise to -interaction in the side group and lead to interesting optical and transport phenomena. Alkyl bithiazole oligomers crystallize with a "staircase" -stack motif and may be reversibly n-doped [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37].…”

Synthesis, electrochemical characterization and impedance studies on novel thiophene-nonylbithiazole-thiophene comonomer

“…Polyalkylbithiazoles are very well known for their stacking properties, n-doping capability and usage in light-emitting diode construction. This new class of conjugated polymer exhibits interesting thermochromic and electrochemical behavior especially nonyl-derivative shows unusual optical properties as a result of its crystallinity and p-p stacking behavior [15,17,18,22,23].…”

Bithiophene–bithiazole copolymers and their metal complexes

“…Polymers derived from electron-deficient aromatic systems such as pyridine have been developed and have been found to be susceptible to n-doping. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Such materials are anticipated to be useful in the evolution of microelectronics. These polymers are also intriguing in that they can coordinate transition metal ions.…”

“…In fact, a theoretical study 20 has shown that polythiazoles should be good conductors, although experimental studies have failed to confirm this, [21][22][23] except for bithiophene-bithiazole copolymers. 14,24 Although polymers incorporating thiazole have been well studied, [7][8][9]14,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] there are few reports of thiazole-based metallopolymers. Wolf and Wrighton have complexed Re(CO) 3 (CH 3 CN) z with poly[5,5'-di(2-thienyl)-2,2'-bithiazolediyl] (poly-1a) and demonstrated through changes in the carbonyl stretching frequency that oxidation and reduction of the polymer backbone modulated the electron density at the Re centres.…”