Synthesis and electropolymerization of 5,12-dihydrothieno[3 ',4 ': 2,3][1,4]dioxocino[6,7-b]-quinoxaline and its electrochromic properties

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2007-08-01

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Ak, Mine Sulak
Ak, Metin
Guellue, Mustafa
Toppare, Levent Kamil

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Synthesis of a new thiophene-based monomer; 5,12-dihydrothieno[3',4':2,3][1,4]dioxocino[6,7-b]quinoxaline (DDQ), was realized. The chemical structure of the monomer was characterized by H-1 NMR, FTIR and mass spectroscopy techniques. Electrochemical polymerization of DDQ and characterization of the resulting polymer [P(DDQ)] was performed. Moreover, the spectroelectrochemical and electrochromic properties of the polymer film were investigated. P(DDQ) has a low oxidation potential (0.9 V) and low band gap (1.73 eV) compared to polythiophene. In addition, dual-type polymer electrochromic device (ECD) based on P(DDQ) with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) was constructed. Spectroelectrochemistry, electrochromic switching, stability and open-circuit stability of the device were studied. It was observed that polymer have good switching time, reasonable contrast and optical memory.

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Organic Chemistry, General Physics and Astronomy, Polymers and Plastics

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41864

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