FUNCTIONAL POLYMER, ITS PRODUCTION, ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND ELECTRODE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a functional polymer utilizable for a light battery having high energy density, an electrochromic element having a large area, a biochemical sensor using a micro electrode, or the like by polymerizing a specific aromatic compound or a heterocyclic compound. SOLUTION: This functional polymer is obtained by polymerizing an aromatic compound or heterocyclic compound having two or more thioamide groups. The functional polymer can be produced by subjecting an aromatic compound or a heterocyclic compound having two or more of the thioamide groups to oxidation in an acidic medium to polymerize the compound. The aromatic compound having two or more thioamide groups is preferably dithiobenzamide (derivative) or the like. The functional polymer having the structure of the formula (X- is an anion; n is >=2; the benzene ring may have a substituent group) is obtained by polymerizing the dithiobenzamide (derivative).