Microporous patterned electrodes for color-matched electrochromic polymer displays

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2004-06-15

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Aubert, Pierre-Henri
ARGUN, Avni A.
Çırpan, Ali
TANNER, David B.
REYNOLDS, John R.

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The emergence of electroactive and conducting polymers offers new opportunities for the design of materials for electrochromic devices (ECDs). Of these, poly(3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene)s (PXDOTs) and their derivatives exhibit the most promising electrochromic (EC) properties. Here, we report the use of highly porous metallized membranes which allow the production of patterned, rapid-switching, reflective ECDs. Using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxithiophene) (PEDOT), poly(3.,4-propylenedioxythiophene) (PProDOT), and the dimethyl-substituted derivative PProDOT-Me-2 as the active EC materials, we have obtained switching times of 0.1-0.2 s (5-10 Hz) to achieve full EC contrast. These polymers yield reflective contrast values of up to 90% in the NIR and similar to60% in the visible regions. In addition, the ECDs were switched repetitively, 180 000 times with less than 10% contrast loss. We have also demonstrated a 2 x 2 pixelated display device built using shadow mask patterning. Two cathodically coloring polymers which exhibit two distinct colors in their neutral states (blue and red) are patterned on a porous metallized electrode to yield a highly contrasted surface. Upon simultaneous oxidation of these polymers, the bi-color surface is rapidly bleached presenting a uniform shiny gold surface.

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Materials Chemistry, General Chemistry, General Chemical Engineering

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/49223

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Chemistry of Materials

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https://doi.org/10.1021/cm049951s

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P.-H. Aubert, A. A. ARGUN, A. Çırpan, D. B. TANNER, and J. R. REYNOLDS, “Microporous patterned electrodes for color-matched electrochromic polymer displays,” Chemistry of Materials, pp. 2386–2393, 2004, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/49223.