Electronic and optical properties of dibenzothiophen-S,S-dioxide and EDOT based conducting polymers

ÇAMURLU P., Durak T., Balan A., Toppare L.

SYNTHETIC METALS, vol.161, no.17-18, pp.1898-1905, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 161 Issue: 17-18
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2011.06.033
  • Journal Name: SYNTHETIC METALS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1898-1905
  • Keywords: Dibenzothiophen-S,S-dioxide, EDOT, Donor-acceptor polymers, Electrochromism, Electrochromic device, Electropolymerization, BAND-GAP, POLY(3,4-ALKYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) DERIVATIVES, ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES, BLUE EMITTERS, COPOLYMERS, THIOPHENE, ELECTROCHROMICS, PYRIDINE, AFFINITY, GREEN
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Among various techniques, utilization of donor-acceptor-donor (DAD) approach is known to be powerful in tuning the color of the conducting polymers. For this purpose, a new DAD type monomer 3,7-di(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxin-7-yl) dibenzothiophen-S,S-dioxide (EDOTSO(2)) was developed through Stille cross coupling between tributyl(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxin-7-yl)tin and 3,7-dibromodibenzothiophen-S,S-dioxide. EDOTSO(2) was polymerized electrochemically and the resultant polymer displayed color alternation from yellow to purple upon oxidation. Furthermore, EDOTSO(2) was subjected to electrochemical copolymerization in the presence of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) under both potentiodynamic and potentiostatic techniques. Spectroelectrochemical analysis demonstrated that the neutral copolymers possess reveal a shift in their dominant wavelength of absorbance upon increasing applied potential. Both homopolymer and the copolymers were characterized by means of cyclic voltammetry, FTIR, spectroelectrochemistry, kinetic properties and electrochromic device performance of EDOTSO(2) based systems were highlighted. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.