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  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Organic Electronics

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  • Organic semiconductive polymers are typically unary, binary, or ternary.
  • Binary donor-acceptor polymers have advanced the field, but multi-component systems are rare.
  • This study explores conjugated polymers with ten components.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize novel ten-component conjugated polymers.
  • To investigate the relationship between molecular structure, diradical character, and photothermal conversion efficiency.
  • To elucidate the mechanism behind the observed open-shell diradical behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of multi-component polymers (P10-FTTPA, P10-FTBT, P10-FTBBTA).
  • Characterization using 1H NMR, UV-vis-NIR absorption, cyclic voltammetry, and electron spin resonance.
  • Photothermal performance testing.

Main Results:

  • Synthesized ten-component conjugated polymers.
  • Observed increased open-shell diradical character with decreased molecular bandgap.
  • P10-FTBBT showed reduced fluorescence quantum yield, enhanced diradical character, and improved photothermal conversion efficiency.
  • Proposed an aggregation-induced radical concept and quinoid-diradical mechanism for P10-FTTPA and P10-FTBT.

Conclusions:

  • Ten-component conjugated polymers can be successfully synthesized.
  • The molecular bandgap is inversely correlated with open-shell diradical character.
  • The novel polymers exhibit promising photothermal conversion properties.
  • The findings offer new insights into diradical mechanisms in organic semiconductors.