US 12,258,668 B2
Method for fabricating an aromatic polymer and a polymer fabricated according thereto
Qichun Zhang, Ma On Shan (HK); and Xiang Wang, Kowloon (HK)
Assigned to City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon (HK)
Filed by City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon (HK)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,743.
Prior Publication US 2025/0003085 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. C25B 3/03 (2021.01); C08G 61/10 (2006.01); C25B 3/29 (2021.01)
CPC C25B 3/03 (2021.01) [C08G 61/10 (2013.01); C25B 3/29 (2021.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for fabricating a chemical composition comprising an aromatic polymer, comprising the steps of:
a) providing an anodic region and a cathodic region;
b) providing an arene precursor, wherein the arene precursor is selected from the group consisting of a phenyl halide, a halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and a combination thereof, and wherein the arene precursor comprises more than one halogen;
c) providing an electrochemical potential between the anodic region and the cathodic region;
d) reacting the arene precursor under mild conditions with neither organometallic, metallic nor base catalyst via the electrochemical potential to form the chemical composition, wherein the reacting step d) further comprises the step of conducting a cathodic reaction.