Abstract:
In this paper, a side chain conjugated polymer PBTTPHT-C8 containing benzophenanthrene discotic mesogens was designed and synthesized. Through the catalysis of anhydrous ferric chloride, 1,2-benzenedioctyl ether and 2-bromophenoxyphene ether undergo an intermolecular ring-forming reaction to synthesize side-chain benzophenanthrene discotic liquid crystal unit; In the condition of anhydrous and argon protection, the target polymer was synthesized by Stille cross-coupling reaction between 2,5-dibromo-3-benzophenanthrophene and 4,7-bis(trimethyltin)-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole. The structure of the synthesized monomers and polymers were characterized using advanced Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (
1H NMR). Gel permeation chromatograph (GPC) was used to characterize the molecular weight of the polymer. The UV visible spectrophotometer (UV-vis) test shows that the polymer has absorption peaks at 243 nm and 399 nm, and the band gap is 2.21 eV. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) tests show that the polymer
EHOMO is −5.62 eV and
ELUMO is −3.41 eV.