Bin Hu,Chunyang Li,Zengchen Liu,Xinlei Zhang,Wen Luo,Lin Jin
Two novel asymmetric structure monomers , 3,6-Bis-(2,3-dihydro-thieno[3,4- b][1,4]dioxin-5-yl)-9-[4-(2,5-di-thiophen-2-yl-pyrrol-1-yl)-phenyl]-9H-carbazole (BDTC) and 2,7-Bis-(2,3-dihydro-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxin-5-yl)-9-[4-(2,5-di-thio phen-2-yl-pyrrol-1-yl)-phenyl]-9H-carbazole (BDDC), were designed and synthesized. Both the monomers could be electropolymerized to form the related polymer films. The electrochemical and electrochromic properties of polymer films were different from that of their homopolymers , which could be attributed to the similar copolymerization effect of asymmetric structure. Different linked positions also led to different features, PBDDC film showed more colors (orange, yellow green, green and blue) than that of PBDTC film (yellow, green and purple blue). However, after the introduction of 2, 2′-Bi(3,4-ethoxylene dioxy thiophene)(BIEDOT), the resulting copolymers exhibited similar electrochromic features(red, brown yellow, green and blue) due to the leading effect of EDOT units. Moreover, all the polymer films displayed fast switching time, reasonable optical contrast and good coloration efficiency, which made them have potential application in electrochromic devices.
Bin Hu,Wen Luo,Lin Jin,Zengchen Liu,Mengnan Wang,Liuyang Zhou,Chunyang Li
Two novel carbazole-3, 4-ethoxylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) derivatives containing acceptor groups such as benzonitrile and phthalonitrile were synthesized and characterized. Both the monomers could be electrochemically polymerized and form stable electroactive polymer films. Spectroelectrochemical technique were performed to investigate the electrochemical and optical changes of the resulting polymer films, multi-electrochromic properties upon different applied potentials suggested the effect of the benzonitrile and phthalonitrile units and their potential applications in electrochromic device. Furthermore, scanning electron micrographs (SEM) were used to study the microstructure morphology of polymer films.
Bin Hu,Xinlei Zhang,Jin Liu,Xinxin Chen,Jiawei Zhao,Lin Jin
Three novel monomers based on carbazole-3, 4-ethoxylenedioxythiophene and redox groups were synthesized and characterized. Their polymer films were obtained by electropolymerization. Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry of the polymer films showed that they possessed multi-electrochromic property. The presence of ferrocene and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy units not only changed the films’ colour but also improved their switching time due to their excellent electrochemical properties. Additionally, the polymer films also possessed a reasonable transmittance change, which made them promising candidates for use in electrochromic devices.