Tetra-EDOT substituted 3D electrochromic polymers with lower band gaps

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• 作者：Jingjing Shi ; Imran Murtaza ; Shan Shao ; Xiaosi Zhu ; Yang Zhao…
• 关键词：conjugated 3D polymers ; electrochromic ; polythiophene ; polypyrrole ; EDOT ; low band gap ; electrochemistry
• 刊名：Science China Chemistry
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：60
• 期：1
• 页码：90-98
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• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Chemistry/Food Science, general;
• 出版者：Science China Press
• ISSN：1869-1870
• 卷排序：60

文摘

A couple of novel electrochromic materials poly(2,3,4,5-tetrakis(2,3-hydrothieno[3,4-b]dixin-5-yl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrrole) (P(t-EDOT-mPy)) and poly(5,5′,5′′,5′′′-(thiophene-2,3,4,5-tetrayl)tetrakis(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxine)) (P(t-EDOT-Th)) are electrodeposited via multi-position polymerization of their tetra-EDOT substituted monomers t-EDOT-mPy and t-EDOT-Th, respectively. Compared with the linear 2D structured poly(thiophene) (E_g=2.2 eV) and poly(2,5-bis(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxin-5-yl)thiophene) (E_g=1.7 eV), P(t-EDOT-Th) (E_g=1.62 eV) has the lowest band gap. Hence, we speculate that the band gaps of the two polymers, having 3D structures, are decreased in contrast to non-substituted polymers or bi-EDOT substituted polymers, thiophene and 1-methyl-1H-pyrrole. The results indicated that P(t-EDOT-Th) thin films are more stable and show higher transmittance amid two polymers, which may find their utilization in organic optoelectronics.