A Novel Electrochromic Polymer Synthesized through Electropolymerization of a New Donor?Acceptor Bipolar System
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Macromolecules 40 (13): 4456-4463
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Macromolecules
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
13
Pages
4456-4463
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Natera, Jose
Otero, Luis
Sereno, Leonides
Fungo, Fernando
Wang, Nung-Sen
Tsai, Yeun-Min
Hwu, Tsyr-Yuan
Abstract
We have synthesized a novel 9,9‘-spirobifluorene-cored donor−acceptor (D−A) bichromophore system in which the electron-donating (D) moieties are triphenylamine (TPA) and carbazole (CBZ) groups and the electron-withdrawing (A) moieties are 1,3,4-oxadiazole (OXD) groups. The electron-deficient OXD groups efficiently blocked the radical cations delocalization between the two terminal TPA groups, rendering the electropolymerization of the TPA groups feasible. The resulting polymer could be cross-linked further at higher oxidation potentials through electrodimerization occurring at the C3 and C6 positions of the CBZ group. The polymer film obtained exhibited reversible electrochemical oxidation, accompanied by strong color changes with high coloration efficiency and contrast ratio, which could be switched through potential modulation.
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