An Electrochromic Ionic Liquid: Design, Characterization, and Performance in a Solid-State Platform

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• 作者：Andrew Kavanagh ; Kevin J. Fraser ; Robert Byrne ; Dermot Diamond
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：January 9, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：5
• 期：1
• 页码：55-62
• 全文大小：434K
• 年卷期：v.5,no.1(January 9, 2013)
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

This work describes the synthesis and characteristics of a novel electrochromic ionic liquid (IL) based on a phosphonium core tethered to a viologen moiety. When integrated into a solid-state electrochromic platform, the viologen modified IL behaved as both the electrolyte and the electrochromic material. Platform fabrication was achieved through in situ photo-polymerization and encapsulation of this novel IL within a hybrid sol鈥揼el. Important parameters of the platform performance, including its coloration efficiency, switching kinetics, and optical properties were characterised using UV鈥搗is spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry in tandem. The electrochromic platform exhibits a coloration efficiency of 10.72 cm<sup>2sup> C<sup>鈥?sup> and a varied optical output as a function of the incident current. Despite the rather viscous nature of the material, the platform exhibited approximately 2 orders of magnitude faster switching kinetics (221 s to reach 95 % absorbance) when compared to previously reported electrochromic ILs (18鈥?00 s).

Keywords:

Ionic liquids; electrochromic materials; electrochromic devices; solid-state electrolytes; viologens