多色显示树枝状聚(3, 6-双噻吩咔唑)及其共聚物的电化学和电致变色性能

设计合成了一种新型的基于咔唑单元的树枝状3, 6-双噻吩咔唑衍生物(BTCPh),通过电化学聚合法制备出其均聚物及与3, 4-乙烯二氧噻吩(EDOT)的共聚物薄膜.利用电化学工作站-紫外可见光谱联用装置对两种聚合物的光谱电化学和电致变色(EC)性能进行表征.测试结果表明,均聚物(PBTCPh)薄膜在不同电压下可显示黄、绿、蓝、灰四种颜色;而EDOT单元的引入使共聚物P(BTCPh-EDOT)进一步增加了掺杂态,从而显示出更加丰富的五种颜色(橙、绿、棕绿、蓝、灰).此外,两种聚合物薄膜均具有良好的光学对比度和快速的响应速度,因而使其在智能窗及显示器方面展现了潜在的应用前景.     

基于3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩和吡咯-3-甲酸的共聚物薄膜的制备、表征及电致变色性能

以3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩(EDOT)和吡咯-3-甲酸(P3C)为共聚单体,EDOT和P3C分别按物质的量比1∶1,3∶1,5∶1,10∶1配比,通过电化学聚合制得了4种聚(3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩-吡咯-3-甲酸)薄膜,并依次命名为P(EDOT∶P3C)-1,P(EDOT∶P3C)-3,P(EDOT∶P3C)-5和P(EDOT∶P3C)-10.光谱电化学测试结果表明,4种共聚物薄膜都具有优良的电致变色性能,同时具有较好的电化学活性和较高的光学对比度.与聚3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩(PEDOT)相比,P(EDOT∶P3C)能展示更丰富的颜色变化,如P(EDOT∶P3C)-1薄膜随着电压的变化,可呈现从暗红色、浅褐色、灰蓝色到蓝色的变化.此外,基于EDOT和P3C以及钛氧簇[Ti_7(OEt)_(19)O_5(CoBr)],我们还设计合成了含钛共聚物薄膜P(EDOT∶P3C)-1-Ti,该薄膜不仅具有电致变色性能,而且还具有电催化氧化水的活性.     

多色显示电致变色聚合物叠层复合薄膜的可控制备

在氧化铟锡透明导电玻璃(ITO)电极上电化学聚合依次得到聚4,4',4″-三[4-(2-联噻吩基)苯基]胺(PTBTPA)和聚3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩(PEDOT)薄膜, 从而可控制备出叠层复合薄膜. 由红外光谱(FTIR)和场发射扫描电镜(SEM)表征了复合薄膜. 紫外-可见吸收光谱和电化学测试结果表明, 相对于PTBTPA薄膜(中性态橙色到氧化态深灰色)与PEDOT薄膜(中性态深蓝色到氧化态浅蓝色)的颜色变化, 叠层复合薄膜在不同的电压下能够展现出从橙色→蓝色→墨绿色的颜色变化, 并保持了较好的电化学活性和光学对比度. 这主要源于中性态吸收光谱和颜色显示互补的电致变色材料的选择. 本文提供了一种简单有效的制备多色乃至全色显示的电致变色材料的方法, 该方法同样适用于其它聚合物电致变色材料体系.     

D-A型多色电致变色材料的电化学合成与表征

设计合成了两种新型单体, 电化学聚合制得了相应D-A型聚合物: 聚{10,13-二(3,4-乙烯二氧噻吩基)二苯并[a,c]吩嗪}(P1)和聚{10,13-二(4-乙基噻吩-2-基)二苯并[a,c]吩嗪}(P2). 研究发现, 聚合物膜P1在中性态呈现绿色, 且随着电压的增加呈现多种不同的颜色, 其在1600 nm时最大光学对比度达74.8%, 响应时间为0.6 s, 着色效率(CE)为285.8 cm²/C. 聚合物膜P2在氧化态和还原态时分别为灰蓝色和军绿色, 也具有较高的光学对比度, 快速的转换响应以及较高的着色效率. 另外, 这两种导电聚合物都具有较低的光学禁带(E_g)(P1为1.26 eV, P2为1.54 eV). 本研究提供了两种具有优良性能的电致变色材料, 并对其性能参数进行了分析研究.     

含噻吩单元的间苯共聚物及其电致发光性能

采用NiCl2催化的Yamamoto缩聚反应将不同比例的含噻吩单体与间苯单体共聚,合成了聚(5-(2-乙基己氧基)-1,3-苯撑-co-(2,5-二苯撑-4-基-噻吩))(PmP-DPT),并测试了4种不同比例共聚物的紫外-可见光吸收光谱,光致发光光谱和LED器件的电致发光光谱,系统地表征了共聚物的光电性能。结果表明,噻吩的加入形成了新的发光中心,实现了从间苯链段到含噻吩发光中心的有效能量转移,当噻吩摩尔分数约为1%时,可得到效率为0.47%的色坐标(CIE)为0.17和0.13的蓝光PLED器件。当噻吩摩尔分数为10%时,可得到效率为2.59%的色坐标(CIE)为(0.21,0.36)的蓝绿光PLED器件。     

对苯二胺类与2,2′-二噻吩共轭共聚物的金属催化法合成与表征

以1,3-二(二苯基膦)丙烷二氯化镍(Ⅱ)作为催化剂,分别合成了2,2′-二噻吩与N,N′-二氯对苯醌二亚胺和2,5-二甲基-N,N′-二氯对苯醌二亚胺的共轭交替共聚物:聚(N,N′-对苯醌二亚胺-2,2′-二噻吩)和聚(2,5-二甲基-N,N′-对苯醌二亚胺-2,2′-二噻吩)。利用红外光谱、紫外可见光谱、循环伏安等测试方法对这2种共聚物进行了表征和性能研究。结果表明:这2种共聚物分别在263、315、410、261、3214、03 nm处出现了紫外吸收峰,对苯二胺上的甲基对共聚物电化学活性具有一定的影响。     

偶联噻吩引入对三苯胺成膜性提高及电致变色性能增强

合成了一种以三苯胺(TPA)为核、偶联噻吩为端基的有机小分子4,4'4?-三[4-(2-联噻吩基)苯基]胺(TBTPA), 并通过电化学聚合得到其相应的聚合物PTBTPA. 运用电化学工作站和紫外-可见光谱仪连用对该聚合物膜的光谱电化学性质进行了测试. 与先前已报道的三[4-(2-噻吩基)苯基]胺(TTPA)相比, TBTPA呈现出更好的电化学氧化还原活性. 在电化学聚合过程中, PTBTPA膜呈现出更好的成膜性能且在不同的电位下可以显示三种颜色(深橙色、橄榄绿、暗灰色). 此外, 光谱电化学测试结果表明, 与先前报道的PTTPA相比, PTBTPA具有更好的电致变色(EC)性能, 高的颜色对比度(44.7%), 更高的透射对比度(ΔT, 在720 及1100 nm处对比度分别为49%和52%)及较快的响应时间(在720 nm时为0.93 s, 在1100 nm 时为0.91 s), 同时, PTBTPA具有更高的着色效率(720 nm时为198 cm²·C^-1, 1100 nm时为285 cm²·C^-1). 从扫描电镜(SEM)照片得出PTBTPA薄膜呈现微球颗粒堆积形貌, 颗粒粒径为500 nm左右, 比PTTPA的粒径小. 良好的性能表明PTBTPA在电致变色器件上具有很大的应用前景.     

含噻吩单元的硅芴共聚物的合成及其蓝色电致发光性能

将少量(摩尔分数为1%—3％)含噻吩的窄带隙单体和宽带隙硅芴单体进行共聚, 合成了聚{9,9-二己基-3,6-硅芴-co-[2,5-二(2-甲基苯撑-4-基)-噻吩]}和聚{9,9-二己基-3,6-硅芴-co-[2,5-二(2-苯撑-4-基)-噻吩]}两类硅芴共聚物, 通过紫外-可见吸收光谱、光致发光光谱, 并制作聚合物发光二极管器件测试电致发光光谱等手段, 系统表征了两类硅芴共聚物材料的性能. 实验结果表明, 噻吩的加入形成了新的蓝色发光中心, 并且实现了从硅芴链段到含噻吩发光中心的有效能量转移. 通过增加发光中心结构的空间位阻来减小其共轭程度, 可以使聚合物的PL和EL光谱发生较大蓝移. 最终得到了效率为0.46%和色坐标(CIE)为(0.19, 0.16)的蓝光LED器件.     

一类近红外电致发光芴基共聚物的合成和性能研究

基于9,9-二辛基芴与窄带隙单体5,7-二(2-噻吩基)噻[3,4-b]并[1,4]二嗪(DTP),通过Suzuki偶合反应,合成了一系列无规窄带隙的芴基共聚物(PFO-DTP),并对它们的紫外-可见吸收光谱、光致发光和电致发光性能进行了初步研究.共聚物在380 nm和632 nm处有两个明显的吸收峰,其中632 nm处的吸收随着共聚物中窄带隙单体(DTP)含量的增加而加强,最大电致发光峰随着共聚物中窄带隙单体(DTP)含量的增加,从752nm红移到了781 nm.同时与其同分异构体4,7-二(2-噻吩基)苯并噻二唑(DBT)与芴的共聚物PFO-DBT相比,该类聚合物的吸收红移,与近地太阳光谱更为匹配.     

3-烷基噻吩交替共聚物的合成及其电化学性质

通过Heck偶联法合成了4种3-烷基噻吩交替共聚物:聚(2,4-二乙烯基-3-己基噻吩-1,3,4-二唑)(P3HT-OXD)、聚(2,4-二乙烯基-3-辛基噻吩-1,3,4-二唑)(P3OT-OXD)、聚(2,4-二乙烯基-3-己基噻吩-吡啶)(P3HT-Py)和聚(2,4-二乙烯基-3-辛基噻吩-吡啶)(P3OT-Py). 用NMR、GPC等测试技术对其结构进行了表征. 采用循环伏安法、紫外-可见吸收光谱法研究了系列共聚物光电性能. 结果表明,随噻吩环3位取代烷基碳链的增长,聚合物电离能(Ip)减小,带隙(Eg)也随之变窄. 其中,P3OT-OXD的Eg比P3HT-OXD小0.11 eV,P3OT-Py的Eg比P3HT-Py小0.19 eV,在3-烷基噻吩聚合物主链上引入吸电子能力较强的二唑单元,可有效提高共聚物电子亲合能(Ea),对提高电子传输能力,改善电子与空穴注入平衡有积极作用.     

Copolymerization of Azobenzene-bearing Monomer and 3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene(EDOT): Improved Electrochemical Performance for Electrochromic Device Applications

In this study,novel electrochromic copolymers of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene(EDOT)and(E)-1,2-bis(2-fluoro-4-(4-hexylthiophen-2-yl)phenyl)diazene(M1)with different monomer feed ratios were designed and synthesized electrochemically.Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical characterizations were performed using voltammetry and UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometry techniques to test the applicability of copolymers for electrochromic applications.In terms of electrochemical behaviors,addition of an electron-rich EDOT unit into the azobenzenecontaining copolymer increased the electron density on the polymer chain and afforded copolymers with very low oxidation potentials at around0.30 V.While the homopolymers(P1 and PEDOT)exhibited neutral state absorptions centered at 510 and 583 nm,EDOT-bearing copolymers showed red shifted absorptions compared to those of P1 with narrower optical band gaps.In addition,the poor optical contrast and switching times of azobenzene-bearing homopolymer were significantly improved with EDOT addition into the copolymer chain.As a result of the promising electrochromic and kinetic preperties,Co P1.5-bearing single layer electrochromic device that works between purple and light greenish blue colors was constructed and characterized.     

A Conjugated Copolymer Bearing Imidazolium-based Ionic Liquid:Electrochemical Synthesis and Electrochromic Properties

An imidazolium-based ionic liquid(IL) modified triphenylamine derivative,namely 1-(4-((4-(diphenylamino)benzoyl) oxy)butyl)-3-methyl imidazole tetrafluoroborate(TPAC_6 IL-BF_4),was designed and synthesized,and further applied with 3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene(EDOT)to prepare conjugated copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_6 IL-BF_4) via electrochemical polymerization.The cyclic voltammetry curves show that the copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_6 IL-BF_4) possesses two pairs of redox peaks,which should be ascribed to the redox behaviors of EDOT and triphenylamine.The ultraviolet-visible(UV-Vis) absorption spectrum of P(EDOT:TPAC_6 IL-BF_4) exhibits one maximum absorption peak at 580 nm and a small shoulder characteristic peak at 385 nm under neutral state which are assigned to π-π~* conjugated structure of EDOT and triphenylamine.After being applied at the positive voltage,the copolymer color changes from dark blue to light blue,which is close to the color of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT).Surprisingly,the copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_6 IL-BF_4) shows shorter switching time of 0.37 s,0.30 s at 580 nm and 0.38 s,0.45 s at 1100 nm compared with PEDOT.It is more intriguing that the copolymer P(EDOT:TPAC_6 IL-BF_4) exhibits electrochromism even in free supporting electrolyte.The results confirm that the existence of imidazolium-based ionic liquid has an improvement on the ion diffusion properties and the switching time of conjugated polymer,which may provide a potential direction for the preparation of high-performance electrochromic materials.     

Enhancing electrochromic properties of conducting polymers via copolymerization: Copolymer of 1‐(4‐fluorophenyl)‐2,5‐di(thiophen‐2‐yl)‐1H‐pyrrole with 3,4‐ethylene dioxythiophene

A copolymer of 1‐(4‐fluorophenyl)‐2,5‐di(thiophen‐2‐yl)‐1H‐pyrrole (FPTP) with 3,4‐ethylene dioxythiophene (EDOT) was electrochemically synthesized and characterized. While poly(FPTP) (P(FPTP)) has only two colors in its oxidized and neutral states (blue and yellow), its copolymer with EDOT has five different colors (purple, red, light gray, green, and blue). Electrochromic devices based on P(FPTP‐co‐EDOT) and poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) were constructed and characterized. The oxidized state of the device shows blue color whereas it shows purple for the reduced state. At several potentials the device has good transparency with green and gray colors. Maximum contrast (Δ%T) and switching time of the device were measured as 23% and 1.1 s at 555 nm. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 45: 4496–4503, 2007     

Syntheses and Optical Properties of Perfluorophenyl Containing Benzimidazole Derivatives: The Effect of Donor Units

Synthesis of two novel donor – acceptor – donor type monomers containing benzimidazole as the acceptor unit and thiophene and 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) as the donor units were performed. 2-(Perfluorophenyl)-4,7-di(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole and 4,7-bis(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxin-5-yl)-2-(perfluorophenyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole were synthesized successfully and polymerized electrochemically. The electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies of the polymers were studied. The effect of electron donating moieties on the optical properties of electrochemically polymerized polymers was investigated. Both polymers were p type dopable and possessed multi-chromic property. Optical studies demonstrated that the polymer based on EDOT unit (P2) resulted in lower band gap since EDOT is higher electron donating group than thiophene.     

Synthesis and electrochemical investigation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">beta</Emphasis>-substituted thiophene-based donor–acceptor copolymers with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT)

The present work reports the synthesis of four electron-acceptor beta-substituted thiophenes that were studied as monomers for electrochemical polymerization with 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT), an electron-donating monomer, aiming the combination of electron-acceptor and donor monomer thiophene to a simpler and convenient build up of novel donor–acceptor copolymeric materials via electrochemical polymerization. Four novel copolymers poly(EDOT-co-3-thiophene phenylacetate), (PEDOT-co-PPhTAc-2a), poly(EDOT-co-3-thiophene(4-nitrophenyl)acetate) (PEDOT-co-PPhTAc-2b), poly(EDOT-co-3-thiophenephenylcarboxylate) (PEDOT-co-PPhTCb), and poly(EDOT-co-3-(phenoxymethyl)thiophene) (PEDOT-co-PPhOMT) were electrochemically polymerized. The monomers were characterized by spectrometric techniques (FTIR, ¹H NMR, and ¹³C NMR), and the copolymers were identified by electrochemical analyses and FT-IR. Although the corresponding homopolymers could not be obtained, in the presence of EDOT, the copolymers were formed in a quasi-reversible electrochemical kinetics. The infrared spectra of the copolymers as well the electrochemical profile corroborates their obtaining. The mass variation during the electrosynthesis was analyzed using a quartz crystal microbalance. The film’s morphologies were investigated by SEM. Interestingly, the combination of electron-rich monomer thiophene (EDOT) and these electron-deficient carboxy-substituted thiophenes might be a convenient building block couple to increase the performance control of physic-chemical properties of mixed polythiophenes with innovative applications and they also showed a possible applicability as charge storage device.     

Electrosynthesis and electrochromic properties of free‐standing copolymer based on oligo(oxyethylene) cross‐linked 2,2’‐bithiophene and 3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene

Oligo(oxyethylene) chains cross‐linked 2,2’‐bithiophene (BT‐E5‐BT) has been synthesized successfully. A free‐standing copolymer film based on BT‐E5‐BT and 3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene (P(BT‐E5‐BT‐co‐EDOT)) has been synthesized by electrochemical polymerization. The electrical conductivity of P(BT‐E5‐BT‐co‐EDOT) copolymer (16 S m^?1) has improved by four orders of magnitude compared to the homopolymer of BT‐E5‐BT (P(BT‐E5‐BT), 5 × 10^?3 S m^?1) at room temperature. Both homopolymer and copolymer films exhibit well‐defined redox and satisfied coloration efficiency. Spectroelectrochemistry studies indicate that the P(BT‐E5‐BT‐co‐EDOT) has a lower band gap in the range of 1.83–1.90 eV and shows more plentiful electrochromic colours (green, blue, purple and salmon pink) compared with the homopolymer P(BT‐E5‐BT). The Copolymer P(BT‐E5‐BT‐co‐EDOT) shows the moderate optical contrast (26% of 480 nm) and coloration efficiency (205.41 cm^?1 C^?2). The copolymer method provides a novel way to fabricate a free‐standing organic electrochromic device. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2016 , 54, 1583–1592     

Development of Carbazole and Bipyridine Copolymers as Novel Photovoltaic Materials

Summary: A novel acrylate polymer with a carbazole pendant group and bipyridine derivatives as side chains was synthesized, in which derivatives of bipyridine as electro-optic chromophores and carbazole as photoconductive moiety were covalently linked to the acrylate backbone. 2–(Carbazol-9-yl)ethyl methacrylate (CEM) and methacrylic 2-[5-(2-{5,5′-dimethyl-6′-[2-(5-pentylthiophen-2-yl)vinyl]-3,3′-bipyridin-6-yl}vinyl)thiophen-2-yl]ethyl methacrylate (BiPy) were synthesized and then copolymerized to give 99:1, 98:2, 92:8 (mol/mol) CEM/BiPy copolymers. Films of the copolymers blended with poly(3-octylthiophene) (P3OT) or poly(3-decylthiophene) (PDT) and sandwiched between the transparent ITO and Al electrode were examined for photovoltaic properties.     

Novel oxazole-based emitters for high efficiency fluorescent OLEDs: Synthesis,characterization, and optoelectronic properties

Two novel oxazole derivatives 4-(6-(4,5-diphenyloxazol-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)-N,N-diphenylaniline (TPA-PPO) and 2-(5-(4-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)pyridin-2-yl)-4,5-diphenyloxazole (CzPh-PPO) have been designed and synthesized. The photophysical, electrochemical and thermal characters of the compounds were systematically investigated, which consistent well with the theoretical DFT calculations. TPA-PPO and CzPh-PPO exhibit high photoluminescent quantum yield of 0.63 and 0.59, respectively. The device using TPA-PPO as the dopant showed deep blue emission with a high EQE of 1.77%. A white OLED was obtained using the single emitter of CzPh-PPO with an EQE of 1.24%.