Electroactive polymers, manufacturing process thereof, electrode and use thereof

Abstract

Disclosed is an oligomeric or polymeric compound comprising at least two structural units of formula (I) wherein Ar is a carbocyclic aromatic radical or a heterocyclic aromatic radical with the two carbonyl carbon atoms being attached to two ring carbon atoms of the Ar group forming together with the imide-nitrogen atom a five-membered or a six-membered ring X is a divalent group selected from —CRR—, —CO—, —SiRR—, —P(O)R—, —P(O)(OR)—, —PR—, —P(OR)—, —S(O)— or —S(O)—. Rto Rindependently of one another are hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or heteroaryl groups, Ris a divalent hydrocarbon group or a covalent bond, and R, Rand Rindependently of one another are hydrogen or C-Calkyl or Rand Ror Rand Rtogether with the carbon atoms to which they are attached form a cycloaliphatic ring or a bicyclic aliphatic system The oligomeric or polymeric compound comprising units of formula (I) of the invention can be used as redox-active material in storage means for electric energy, for example in batteries, redox-flow cells, fuel cells or capacitors.