Recent advances in the field of conducting polymers

Synthesis; Redox behaviour; Composites; Sensors; Biosensors; Supercapacitors; Electrocatalysis

“…It is worth to mention that the total number of papers on counducting polymers until 2017 according to the scientific database is ca. 300 000 [1]. )…”

“…The biomimetic (bionic) applications certainly will continue in the future. (References [1][2][3][4][5][6] contain hundreds of cited papers which were considered by the author as the most important ones. Therefore, most of the citations in this review are the author's works in connection with the results presented.…”

“…The preparation, characterization and application of electrochemically active, electronically conducting polymeric systems are still at the foreground of research activity in electrochemisttry [1][2][3]. There are at least two major reasons for this intense interest.…”

“…There are at least two major reasons for this intense interest. First is the intellectual curiosity [1][2][3][4] of scientists, which focuses on understanding the behavior of these systems, in particular on the mechanism of charge transfer and on charge transport processes that occur during redox reactions of conducting polymeric materials [2,[4][5][6]. Second is the wide range of promising applications of these compounds in the fields of energy storage, electrocatalysis, organic electrochemistry, bioelectrochemistry, photoelectrochemistry, electroanalysis, sensors, electrochromic displays, microsystem technologies, electronic devices, microwave screening and corrosion protection [2].…”

Rhodaelectrocatalysis for Annulative C−H Activation: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons through Versatile Double Electrocatalysis

“…[7,8] Significant recent impetus was gained by the merger of electrocatalysis with organometallic C À Ha ctivation, thus avoiding the use of toxic and expensive metal oxidants. [9,10] While electrochemical polymerization has been exploited for the synthesis of conducting materials, [11] the bottom-up assembly of atomically precise PA Hm otifs by electrooxidative catalysis has thus far unfortunately proven elusive.I n sharp contrast, we have now devised an ovel strategy for merging two distinct electrocatalytic transformations for the chemoselective assembly of decorated PA Hs.T he development of an unprecedented rhodaelectrocatalyzed [12] C À H activation for the annulative [13] [2+ +2+ +2] cycloaddition of userfriendly boronic acids set the stage for an electro-catalyzed dehydrogenation in ar esource-economical manner ( Figure 1). Salient features of our method include 1) rapid, modular access to PA Hs through double electrocatalysis, 2) electricity as as ustainable oxidant, 3) the formation of six new C À Cb onds in ap rogrammable fashion, and 4) outstanding levels of chemoselectivity through metallaelectrocatalysis.…”