Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1988, 53, 1881-1889
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19881881

Electronic structures of electrically conductive fragment models in pyrolyzed polymers

Tokio Yamabea, Shoji Yamashitaa, Hiroko Yamabea, Kenichi Fukuia and Kazuyoshi Tanakab

a Institute of Fundamental Chemistry, 15 Morimoto-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan
b Department of Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Division of Molecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan

Abstract

The electronic structures of polynuclear aromatic compounds are studied as the electrically conductive fragment models in pyrolyzed polymers. It is found that the manner of the distribution of the frontier electrons, which is important in determining the path of the conduction carriers, can be broadly classified into two groups depending on the shape of each fragment.