Direct arylation polycondensation towards water/alcohol-soluble conjugated polymers as the electron transporting

Kaiwen Lin1, Qingwu Yin2, Zhenfeng Wang2

  • 1Department of Materials and Food, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Zhongshan Institute, Zhongshan, 528402, P. R. China. kevinlin1990@163.com and Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China. duanchunhui@scut.edu.cn msfhuang@scut.edu.cn.

Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|May 17, 2021
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