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The electrochemical properties of polyaniline derivatives: poly(4,4′-diphenylamine methylenes) and poly(4,4′-diphenylimine methines)

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The electrochemical properties of poly(4,4′-diphenylamine methylenes) and poly(4,4′-diphenylimine methines) were investigated by cyclic voltammetry. A dehydrogenation reaction occured when poly(4,4′-diphenylamine methylenes) underwent a electrochemical reaction and transformed to poly(4,4′-diphenylimine methines). The fully oxidized poly(4,4′-diphenylimine methines) had the electrochemical band gaps of 1.60–1.72 eV, which were found to significantly smaller than those of the fully reduced poly(4,4′-diphenylamine methylenes).

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  1. Union Chemical Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, 300, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Wen-Chang Chen

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 14627-0166, Rochester, NY, USA

    Samson A. Jenekhe

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Chen, WC., Jenekhe, S.A. The electrochemical properties of polyaniline derivatives: poly(4,4′-diphenylamine methylenes) and poly(4,4′-diphenylimine methines). Polymer Bulletin 34, 63–69 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00294889

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