Electropolymerization without an electric power supply

Suguru Iwai; Taichi Suzuki; Hiroki Sakagami; Kazuhiro Miyamoto; Zhenghao Chen; Mariko Konishi; Elena Villani; Naoki Shida; Ikuyoshi Tomita; Shinsuke Inagi

doi:10.1038/s42004-022-00682-8

Communications Chemistry (May 2022)

Electropolymerization without an electric power supply

Suguru Iwai,
Taichi Suzuki,
Hiroki Sakagami,
Kazuhiro Miyamoto,
Zhenghao Chen,
Mariko Konishi,
Elena Villani,
Naoki Shida,
Ikuyoshi Tomita,
Shinsuke Inagi

Affiliations

Suguru Iwai: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku
Taichi Suzuki: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku
Hiroki Sakagami: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku
Kazuhiro Miyamoto: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku
Zhenghao Chen: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku
Mariko Konishi: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku
Elena Villani: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku
Naoki Shida: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku
Ikuyoshi Tomita: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku
Shinsuke Inagi: Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-022-00682-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Electrochemical synthesis has become a powerful tool, but the need for an electric power supply has disadvantages when considering sustainable development goals. Here, a streaming potential generated by a laminar flow of electrolyte in a microchannel acts as a driving force for electrode reactions, enabling electrochemical oxidative polymerization of aromatic monomers without an electric power supply.

Published in Communications Chemistry

ISSN: 2399-3669 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.nature.com/commschem

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