Electrochemical and optical studies of furan and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene end capped benzotriazole derivatives

Naime Akbaşoǧlu, Abidin Balan, Derya Baran, Ali Cirpan*, Levent Toppare

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Abstract

Two new 2-dodecyl benzotriazole (BTz) based donor-acceptor-donor (DAD) type polymers were synthesized and characterized in terms of their electrochemical and spectral properties. These DAD type polymers were synthesized electrochemically from furan or thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (TT) end-capped BTz monomers. Furan based and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene based monomers showed monomer oxidations at 1.15 and 1.25 V, respectively, which eased the formation of conducting polymer films without overoxidation. Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry studies showed that both materials are multicolored electrochromic polymers. Results and comparison with properties of other BTz based DAD type polymers are highlighted in detail.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5603-5610
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Volume48
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Benzotriazole
  • Conjugated materials
  • Donor-acceptor
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electrochromism
  • Furan
  • Multicolored electrochromics
  • Thieno[3,2-b]thiophene

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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