Energetic control of redox-active polymers toward safe organic Bioelectronic materials
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Avoiding faradaic side reactions during the operation of electrochemical devices is important to enhance the device stability, to achieve low power consumption, and to prevent the formation of reactive side‐products. This is particularly important for bioelectronic devices, which are designed to operate in biological systems. While redox‐active materials based on conducting and semiconducting polymers represent an exciting class of materials for bioelectronic devices, they are susceptible to electrochemical side‐reactions with molecular oxygen during device operation. Here, electrochemical side reactions with molecular oxygen are shown to occur during organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) operation using high‐performance, state‐of‐the‐art OECT materials. Depending on the choice of the active material, such reactions yield hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a reactive side‐product, which may be harmful to the local biological environment and may also accelerate device degradation. A design strategy is reported for the development of redox‐active organic semiconductors based on donor–acceptor copolymers that prevents the formation of H2O2 during device operation. This study elucidates the previously overlooked side‐reactions between redox‐active conjugated polymers and molecular oxygen in electrochemical devices for bioelectronics, which is critical for the operation of electrolyte‐gated devices in application‐relevant environments.
Date Issued
2020-04-23
Date Acceptance
2020-02-07
Citation
Advanced Materials, 2020, 32 (16)
ISSN
0935-9648
Publisher
Wiley
Journal / Book Title
Advanced Materials
Volume
32
Issue
16
Copyright Statement
© 2020 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201908047. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry, Physical
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
Physics
bioelectronics
donor-acceptor copolymers
electrochemical transistors
organic mixed ionic
electronic conductors
oxygen reduction reaction
CONJUGATED POLYMERS
POLYMERIZATION
TRANSISTORS
ELECTRODE
DESIGN
MODE
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 1908047
Date Publish Online
2020-03-03