Novel conductive, redox polymer for battery and other applications. Final report on phase 2. Report for April 1988-September 1990

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6108544

Rose, T L

The objectives of the project were to develop an improved synthesis which gives only the 3-substituted pyrrole and to evaluate the polymers made from these compounds for application in battery electrodes, electrochromics, and electrocatalytic surfaces. The substituents impart to the conductive polymer backbone properties of higher charge density, chemical specificity, or redox characteristics for sensing or catalysis. A general synthesis was developed for making the pyrole monomers with the redox moiety attached directly at the 3-position. 3-Dimethyloxyphenylpyrrole and 3-ferrocenylpyrrole, compounds which had not been previously synthesized, were made in good yields. Polypyrrole films made with hydroquinonyl substituents had up to eight times the charge stored in aqueous electrolytes compared with unsubstituted pyrrole, giving them an equivalent weight of 85 g/eq. The high charge storage capacity of the polymer film makes it a candidate for the counter electrode in a transparent all polymeric electrochromic device. The system, however, did not operate in aprotic electrolytes, eliminating its consideration for high energy density Li batteries. The ferrocenylpyrrole monomer had one of the lowest oxidation potentials reported for a ferrocene derivative due to the conjugation with the pyrrole. There was little evidence, however, that either homopolymers or copolymers with pyrrole were formed by electropolymerization of the monomer.

• Research Organization: EIC Labs., Inc., Norwood, MA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6108544
• Report Number(s): PB-93-217016/XAB; CNN: NSF-ISI-8620332
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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