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are also available as sacrificial anode materials
for reductive polymerization of polysilanes.
(5.39)
Reductive polymerization of dichlorosilanes has
led to a variety of copolymers, such as random
copolymers of silane monomers,
poly(carbosilane)s, and random copolymers of
silane monomer and germane monomer
( Figure 5.20 ) [100].
Figure 5.20 Structures of copolymers based
on silane and germane prepared by reductive
polymerization
5.8.8 Chain Polymerization Initiated with
Electrogenerated Reactive Species
Electrogenerated reactive species of small
molecules can work as polymerization initiators
for ionic and radical polymerization of vinyl
monomers [91]. For example, a methyl radical
generated by Kolbe electrolysis of acetate can be
an initiator for radical polymerization of olefins.
The heterogeneity of initiator concentration in