Molecular engineering tuning optoelectronic properties of thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes-based electrochromic polymers

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• 作者：Mengmeng Zhu ; Weishuo Li ; Panpan Xu ; Jingjing Shi ; Shan Shao…
• 关键词：electrochromic ; conducting polymer ; electrochemistry ; thieno[3 ; 2 ; b]thiophene ; EDOT
• 刊名：Science China Chemistry
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：60
• 期：1
• 页码：63-76
• 全文大小：2338KB
• 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

Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (TT) monomers end-capped with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) moieties are electropolymerized to form π-conjugated polymers with distinct electrochromic (EC) properties. Steric and electronic factors (electron donor and acceptor substituents) in the side groups of the TT core, as well as the structure of the polymer backbone strongly affect the electrochemical and optical properties of the polymers and their electrochromic characteristics. The studied polymers show low oxidation potentials, tunable from–0.78 to +0.30 V (vs. Fc/Fc+) and the band gaps from 1.46 to 1.92 eV and demonstrate wide variety of color palettes in polymer films in different states, finely tunable by structural variations in the polymer backbone and the side chains. EC materials of different colors in their doped/dedoped states have been developed (violet, deep blue, light blue, green, brown, purple-red, pinkish-red, orange-red, light gray, cyan and colorless transparent). High optical contrast (up to 79%), short response time (0.57–0.80 s), good cycling stability (up to 91% at 2000 cycles) and high coloration efficiency (up to 234.6 cm2 C–1) have been demonstrated and the influence of different factors on the above parameters of EC polymers have been discussed.