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Electrochromic properties of a poly(dithienylfuran) derivative featuring a redox-active dithiin unit

Kaur, Sandeep and Findlay, Neil J. and Kanibolotsky, Alexander L. and Elmasly, Saadeldin E. T. and Skabara, Peter and Berridge, Rory and Wilson, Claire and Coles, Simon J. (2012) Electrochromic properties of a poly(dithienylfuran) derivative featuring a redox-active dithiin unit. Polymer Chemistry, 3 (8). pp. 2277-2286. ISSN 1759-9954

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Abstract

A teraryl monomer containing a 1,4-dithiin-furan central unit has been synthesised and characterised by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The di(thienyl)furan monomer 11 was successfully polymerised electrochemically and shown to possess a lower electrochemical band gap than its terthiophene analogue (1.97 eV cf. 2.11 eV). The electrochromic properties of this polymer proved to be superior to PEDOT, with fast switching and reversible colour transformation at high colour contrast (CE = 212 cm(2) C-1 cf. 183 cm(2) C-1 for PEDOT at 95% optical switch).

Item type: Article
ID code: 40954
Keywords: crystal X-ray crystallography, electrochemical band gap, poly(dithienylfuran), Chemistry, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Polymers and Plastics
Subjects: Science > Chemistry
Department: Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
Technology and Innovation Centre > Photonics
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited: 23 Aug 2012 10:55
Last modified: 08 Jan 2019 20:21
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URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/40954
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