ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the electrosynthesis of conducting polymers including electrooxidative polymerization, electroreductive polymerization, and electrosynthesis of polysilane. It describes the concept of electrochemical functionalization of conducting polymers. The chapter describes that the electrochemical polymer reactions have carried out either on an anode or a cathode with a sacrificial reaction at a counter electrode. To improve current efficiency of the electrolytic system, the use of both electrodes for intended reactions is important. The conducting polymers on electrodes exhibit interesting optoelectronic properties, which are potentially useful for organic electronics. The heterogeneous reaction fields of electrode/electrolyte interfaces bring advantages for preparing not only conducting and electroactive polymers but also nonconductive polymer brushes and films. The combination of conducting polymer materials and bipolar electrochemistry has afforded the gradient electrochromic materials, composition gradient, gradient surface modification, and conducting polymer fiber formation. Conducting polymer films deposited on a working electrode in the course of electropolymerization do not inhibit following electrolysis because of their conductive nature.
