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Poly(pentafluorostyrene)

CAS Number 26838-55-1

Materials, Optoelectronic Materials, Photonic and Optical Materials


Product Code M2370A2-1g
Price $324 ex. VAT

Poly(pentafluorostyrene), high heat & chemical resistance, low refractive index & dielectric constant

For applications in the field of optoelectronics such as a cladding layer in optical waveguide, and design of polylectrolytic membranes for fuel cells


Specifications | Pricing and Options | MSDS | Literature and Reviews


Poly(pentafluorostyrene) (PPFS), CAS number 26838-55-1, is a highly fluorinated homopolymer of pentafluorostyrene monomer via free radical polymerisation. Due to its high ratio of fluoro content in the polymer, poly(pentafluorostyrene) offer great thermal stability with high heat and high chemical resistance, as well as oil and water repellence.

Poly(pentafluorostyrene) also exhibits low refractive index and low dielectric constant which has potential application in microelectronics or as an antifouling and antifogging agent, and as cladding layer in optical waveguide.

Highly fluorinated homopolymer

Highly fluorinated homopolymer

For optielectronic applications

Enables post-functionalisation

Enables post-functionalisation

The fluoride substituents can undergo nucleophilic aromatic substitution

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High purity

High purity

>98% High purity

Fluoro at 4-positon offers great chemistry for post-modification by aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction. It can be substituted by sulfur or phosphorus functional groups for further applications as membranes in fuel cells and redox follow battery. Starting with poly(pentafluorostyrene),100% sulfonation can be achieved by thiolation with metal sulfide and then oxidation of the thiol-functions to the corresponding sulfonic acids. Sulfonated poly(pentafluorostyrene) shows great improvement of the proton-conductivity being 35 mS cm-1 (at 160 °C, p = 105 Pa water vapor pressure), an order of magnitude higher than those of Nafion measured under the same conditions.

Poly(2,3,5,6-tetrafluorostyrene -4-phosphonic acid) and Poly(2,3,5,6-tetrafluorostyrene -4-sulfonic acid)

Poly(2,3,5,6-tetrafluorostyrene-4-phosphonic acid), can also be directly synthesised by using poly(pentafluorostyrene) as one of the starting materials that does not require anhydride formation and thus maintains protonic conductivity above 200 °C. The use of the phosphonated poly(pentafluorostyrene) in fuel cell electrodes with an ion-pair coordinated membrane outperforming polybenzimidazole- and metal phosphate-based fuel cells with peak power densities of 1,130 mW cm-2 at 160 °C and 1,740 mW cm-2 at 240 °C under H2/O2 conditions.

Chemical Structure


Poly(pentafluorostyrene), PPFS, CAS# 26838-55-1
Chemical structure of poly(pentafluorostyrene) , CAS 26838-55-1

General Information


CAS Number 26838-55-1
Chemical Formula (C8H3F5)n
Full Name Poly(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorostyrene)
Purity >98% (1HNMR)
Form White powder/crystals
Solubility Acetone, MEK, NEP, THF
Melting Point Tg = 80 °C
Synonyms PPFS, 2,3,4,5,6-Pentafluorostyrene homopolymer, Poly[(pentafluorophenyl)ethylene]
Classification / Family Polystyrenes, Fluorinated polymers, Photonic and optical materials

Pricing


Batch Quantity Price
M2370A2/3 1 g £240
M2370A3 5 g £950

Batch details


Batch Mw Mn PDI Stock Info
M2370A1 85,055 52,369 1.6 Discontinued
M2370A2 90,685 54,696 1.7 In stock
M2370A3 70,467 45,970 1.5 In stock

MSDS Documentation


Poly(pentafluorostyrene) MSDSPoly(pentafluorostyrene) MSDS Sheet

Literature and Reviews


  1. Sulfonated poly(pentafluorostyrene): Synthesis & characterization, V. Atanasov et al., Solid State Ion., 252 (1), 75-83 (2013); DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2013.06.010.
  2. Synergistically integrated phosphonated poly(pentafluorostyrene) for fuel cells, V. Atanasov et al., Nat. Mater., 20, pages 370–377 (2021); DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-00841-z.
  3. Covalent immobilization of luminescent oxygen indicators reduces cytotoxicity, H. Välimäki et al., Biomed Microdevices 22, 41 (2020); DOI: 10.1007/s10544-020-00495-3.
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