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Research into redox-active fluoropolymers has been quite rigorous over the past couple of decades with focus on organic semiconductors and energy conversion/storage. In this chapter, we will highlight several developments in redox-active fluoropolymers including stereoelectronic effects of fluorinated substituents, changes in bandgap energies, and fluorination effects on polymer packing motifs and morphology. Due to fluorine’s high electronegativity, fluorination changes the electronic structure of polymer chains. How fluorination affects the polymer conformation, intra- and interpolymer chain interactions, and overall structure remains relatively unclear. Understanding how fluorination influences redox-active fluoropolymer properties and corresponding device performance is an essential task to allow practical design of new fluoropolymer materials. Several reports have dealt with one or two questions stated above, yet systematic investigations are still needed for preparing redox-active fluoropolymers by design. We hope that the work summarized in this chapter will shine some light on designing new redox-active fluoropolymer-based organic electronics. |
