Communications Materials (Apr 2021)

Supramolecular cocrystals built through redox-triggered ion intercalation in π-conjugated polymers

  • Yu Yamashita,
  • Junto Tsurumi,
  • Tadanori Kurosawa,
  • Kan Ueji,
  • Yukina Tsuneda,
  • Shinya Kohno,
  • Hideto Kempe,
  • Shohei Kumagai,
  • Toshihiro Okamoto,
  • Jun Takeya,
  • Shun Watanabe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00148-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Molecular doping of π-conjugated semiconducting polymers can increase charge carrier density. Here, guest dopants are found to locate in the restricted void space in the lamellae, revealing an intercalated compound composed of layered polymer and guest intercalant.