MODIFICATION OF POLYACETYLENE AND POLYALKYLTHIOPHENE BY DOPING WITH HETEROPOLYANIONS

Polyacetylene and poly(3-n-butylthiophene) can be chemically and electrochemically doped with 12-molybdophosphoric anions to give conducting polymers (conductivities of 0.3 and 0.2 S/cm respectively). The doping-induced spectroscopic changes (IR, ESCA) are in both cases the same as those associated with classical monovalent anion doping. Temperature dependences of the conductivity are weak: the activation energy is 20 and 31 meV for polyacetylene and poly(3-n-butylthiophene) respectively. The doped polymers exhibit high stability of conductivity upon exposure to air. © 1990.