Improvement of optical properties and redox stability of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)

Ertan S., CİHANER A.

DYES AND PIGMENTS, cilt.149, ss.437-443, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 149
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2017.10.032
  • Dergi Adı: DYES AND PIGMENTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.437-443
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Electropolymerization, Electrochromism, EDOT, Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, POSS, LIGHT-EMITTING MATERIALS, HIGH-CONTRAST, ELECTROCHROMIC CONTRAST, POLYMER, SILSESQUIOXANE, POSS, PEDOT, POLYFLUORENES, POLYPYRROLE
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

In order to improve the optical properties and redox stability of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) without changing its electrochemical and electrochromic behaviour, it was supported with alkyl-substituted polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cage. The corresponding copolymers were obtained electrochemically via potentiostatic or potentiodynamic methods and compared to the parent homopolymers. Electrochemical polymerization of EDOT and POSS containing EDOT called EDOT-POSS in various monomer feed ratios was performed in an electrolyte solution of 0.1 M TBAPF(6) dissolved in a mixture of dichloromethane and acetonitrile (1/3: v/v). Just as PEDOT, the copolymers represented the similar band gap (1.61 eV), redox and electrochromic behaviors. On the other hand, when compared to the parent PEDOT, the presence of POSS cages in the copolymer backbone improved the redox stability and optical properties of PEDOT such as higher percent transmittance change (65% at 621 nm), higher transparency at oxidized state, lower switching time (similar to 1.0 s) and higher coloration efficiency (463 cm(2)/C for 95% switching) as well as higher electrochemical stability (86% of its electroactivity retains after 1750 cycles under ambient conditions).