掺杂电活性离子聚吡咯膜内的电荷传输

用循环伏安法和计时库仑法研究了掺杂亚铁氰化钾离子的聚哟咯膜内的电荷传输问题。实验结果表明，聚吡咯膜内的电荷传递可以处理成电子在膜内的扩散模型，电荷传递速度可以 用电子表观扩散系数（Ｄａｐｐ）来表征。Ｄａｐｐ的大小由聚合物膜的结构、电活怀离子之间的过及对离了在膜中的运动决定。     

LOW POTENTIAL ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION OF ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE POLYTHIOPHENE FILMS AND FABRICATION OF ELECTRICAL DEVICES

The complexation of thiophene with a Lewis acid with moderate acidity as a solvent, such as BF_3-ethyl ether (BFEE) remarkedly lowered the electrochemical polymerization potential. The positively chargedmetal surface of electrode in the process of electrochemical deposition enhanced the coordination interactionbetween π-electrons of thiophene unit and the metal, which makes thiophene rings lie parallel to the surfaceof electrode, resulting in a highly ordered polymeric structure. Because of the large intra-chain transferintegrals, the transport of charge is believed to be principally along the conjugated chains, which is muchgreater than the inter-chain hopping. The specific electrical resistance across the polythiophene film thicknessis more than 10~4 times than that along the surface plane of the film. In this paper we review the recentdevelopment of polymerization technique by low potential electrochemical method performed in our lab andseveral electrical devices in which the compact polythiophene films, such as anionic and cationic sieves, andlaminate film junction of undoped polythiophene derivatives were used.     

低聚噻吩衍生物单体的合成及其聚合物薄膜的电致变色性能

合成了两种低聚噻吩衍生物单体:2,3':4',2'-三噻吩(I3T)和5,5'-二醛基-2,3':4',2'-三噻吩(OHC-I3T-CHO).通过电化学方法对单体I3T和OHC-I3T-CHO进行了聚合,制备了相应的聚噻吩衍生物.研究了聚噻吩衍生物薄膜的电致变色性能.当外加一定电压时,基于单体I3T的聚噻吩衍生物薄膜可以在淡黄色和淡蓝色之间发生可逆的颜色变化,基于单体OHC-I3T-CHO的聚噻吩衍生物薄膜能在红色和墨绿色间发生可逆的颜色变化.     

水溶液中聚噻吩的电化学变色效应

水溶液中聚噻吩电化学变色是其氧化还原反应的颜色效应, 电化学反射光谱可现场研究电化学变色特性。聚噻吩电化学变色的转换时间为10—20 ms, 寿命达10~4次数量级, 保留时间有数分钟。因此, 聚噻吩在水溶液中也可制成较理想的电化学变色显示器。     

Inorganic electrochromic materials based on tungsten oxide and nickel oxide nanostructures

Electrochromic devices, which dynamically change color under applied potentials, are widely studied for use in energy-efficient smart windows. The operation of electrochromic materials and devices involves the gain or loss of electrons and simultaneous insertion/extraction of ions with opposite charges to balance the internal electric fields. The performance is therefore limited by kinetics of charge transport in the electrochromic materials as well as ion migration in the electrolyte, materials and at their interfaces. Nanostructured electrochromic materials have an extremely short charge transport distance facilitating charge transport in electrochromic devices and large specific surface area for interaction with electrolytes, and thus may provide fast charge and ions transport, high electrochemical activities and remarkable enhancement of electrochromic properties. The recent progress in application of nanostructures, including nanoparticles, 1D and 2D nanostructures, in metal oxide electrochromic materials and devices is reviewed. A perspective on the development trends in electrochromic materials and devices is also proposed.     

水溶性共轭聚电解质的制备及在有机电致变色器件中的应用

制备了聚噻吩电解质聚[3-(1'-丙氧基-3'-磺酸)噻吩](PTH-n₃-SO₃H). 以铂线和ITO玻璃作为电极, PTH-n₃-SO₃H的水溶液作为支持电解质, 分别以齐聚噻吩衍生物5,5"'-双醛基-2,2': 5',2": 5",2"'-四噻吩(4T-2CHO)和5,5"'-双氰基-2,2': 5',2": 5",2"'-四噻吩(4T-2CN)薄膜作为电致变色活性层, 组装了有机电致变色器件. 研究了4T-2CHO和4T-2CN的电致变色性能, 同时考察了PTH-n₃-SO₃H水溶液作为支持电解质在有机电致变色器件中的应用. 研究发现, 当进行电化学掺杂和去掺杂时, 4T-2CHO膜发生从黄色到蓝绿色的可逆变化, 4T-2CN膜发生从淡黄色到蓝色的可逆变化. 结果表明, PTH-n₃-SO₃H水溶液可以作为支持电解质用于有机电致变色器件.     

普鲁士蓝膜修饰电极的电化学阻抗谱

测量了应用电化学方法制备的不同厚度的普鲁士蓝膜修饰电极的循环伏安行为与电化学阻抗谱.由所得到的循环伏安图讨论了普鲁士蓝修饰膜的氧化还原过程,并对相关的Nyquist图进行了解析,提出了相应的等效电路.在此基础上计算出较薄膜中普鲁士蓝/普鲁士白电化学反应的表观速率常数和表观扩散系数,讨论了膜厚度对电荷扩散的影响.当膜相对较薄时,电极过程主要由动力学过程控制;当膜达到一定厚度时,电荷在膜中的扩散速率受到限制,电极过程由动力学过程和电荷扩散过程共同控制,证实了文献报导的普鲁士蓝膜修饰电极为多层空间分布电荷传递模型.     

WO3/PANI核壳结构反蛋白石薄膜的电致变色性能

采用连续离子层吸附法在反蛋白石结构三氧化钨(IO-WO₃)薄膜表面引入导电聚合物聚苯胺(PANI)层, 制备了独特的WO₃/PANI核壳结构反蛋白石薄膜(IO-WO₃/PANI). 探究了IO-WO₃/PANI薄膜的形貌、 组成和电化学行为. 结果表明, 当电位扫描范围为-0.6~1.0 V时, IO-WO₃/PANI复合膜在不同电压状态下会呈现出4种不同的颜色, 分别为蓝色(1.0 V)、 绿色(0.2 V)、 浅绿色(0 V)和蓝紫色(-0.6 V). 与IO-WO₃薄膜相比, IO-WO₃/PANI复合膜的电致变色性能显著提高, 其着色与退色响应时间分别为3.8和6.14 s, 变色效率(CE)值为201.1 cm²/C. 电致变色性能的改善主要归因于WO₃与PANI形成给体-受体体系和核壳反蛋白石等级孔结构, 使得离子快速扩散, 并为电荷转移反应提供更大的表面积. 研究结果表明, IO-WO₃/PANI核壳结构反蛋白石薄膜是一种潜在的多色电致变色材料, 具有广阔的应用前景.     

聚苯胺电致变色薄膜在不同颜色区间的电化学循环稳定性研究

本文采用电位阶跃和循环伏安法结合紫外可见光光度法研究了聚苯胺薄膜的电致变色性质. 聚苯胺薄膜颜色多变,颜色在浅黄色到绿色再到蓝色之间变化,本文研究在不同的颜色变化区间内聚苯胺薄膜的电化学循环稳定性. 研究结果表明,薄膜在黄色到蓝色(0.4 V ~ 1.2 V)以及绿色到蓝色(0.8 V ~ 1.2 V)区间变化时,电致变色循环性能较差,而在黄色和绿色(0.4 V ~ 0.8 V)之间变化时循环稳定性能良好,着色时间为4.5 s,着色效率高达159.48 cm²·C^-1.     

异咯嗪蒙脱石修饰电极的电化学行为

应用十六烷基三甲基溴化铵对蒙脱石进行改性，成功地制备稳定性良好的异咯嗪蒙脱石修饰电采，用循环伏安法对此修饰电极的电化学行为进行了研究。测定了异咯嗪在蒙脱石膜内的化学扩散系数，对异咯嗪在改性蒙脱石中电极反应机制进行了探讨。     

钒钨酸盐/刚果红电致变色复合膜及器件研究

应用Layer-by-Layer自组装技术, 采用聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)阳离子将无机电致变色材料[P₂W₁₅V₃O₆₂]^8?(P₂W₁₅V₃)阴离子与刚果红(CR)阴离子通过静电引力复合, 构筑了复合膜[PEI/P₂W₁₅V₃/PEI/CR]₂₀及对比膜 [PEI/P₂W₁₅V₃]₂₀. 利用扫描电子显微镜、 紫外-可见吸收光谱和电化学工作站研究了复合膜的形貌与电致变色性能. 对比研究表明, 复合膜可实现浅红色-蓝紫色-浅红色的可逆颜色调变, 且保持了[P₂W₁₅V₃O₆₂]^8?阴离子的电致变色性能, 光反差22.55%, 着色效率122.67 cm²/C.复合膜循环测试400圈后透过率(500 nm)处损耗仅为6.94%, 稳定性良好; 由复合膜组装的电致变色器件也实现了由浅红色到蓝紫色的颜色变化. 本研究可为解决多酸电致变色材料颜色变化单一的问题提供参考.     

Electrochemical and Electrochromic Properties of Polymer Complex Films Composed of Polytetramethyleneviologen and Poly-[p-Styrenesulfonic Acid] Containing a Conductive Powder

The electrochemical and electrochromic properties of polymer films containing a conductive powder (SnO₂/TiO₂) have been investigated. The films are complexes of polytetramethyleneviologen and poly(p-styrenesulfonic acid). It was found that the coloration (purple) and bleaching rates of the composite films increase markedly with increasing conductive powder content(x). The coloring and bleaching of the composite film with x = 95 wt% were about 7 and 44 times faster, respectively, than those for an equivalent film without conductive powder. This increase in the rate of color change by introduction of a conductive powder was found to be correlated with the apparent diffusion coefficient (D _app) for the diffusionlike charge-transport process within the composite films which increases with increasing x. The D _app for the reduction process of the film with x = 95 wt% was larger by about 3 orders of magnitude than that for the unfilled film.     

Comparative study of optical kinetics in single and dual poly3-methylthiophene-based solid electrochromic devices

An electrochemically deposited poly3-methylthiophene (P3MT) thin film has been used as the primary electrochromic element in a solid two-electrode electrochromic device (ECD) with a viscous polymeric electrolyte (PE) of polymethyl methacrylate and lithium perchlorate co-dissolved in ethylene and propylene carbonates. The counter-electrode of the ECD was a transparent conductive (indium-tin oxide, ITO) glass (single ECD) or a polyaniline (PANI)-coated ITO glass (dual ECD). Dual P3MT-PANI-based ECDs exhibit a lower optical switch potential (less than 0.5 V) and a faster color change speed (around 1 s) compared with the single devices, independent on the lithium salt concentration and the viscosity of the polymeric electrolyte. Electrochemical impedance spectra of both types of ECDs were analyzed at zero bias. It indicates that the use of the secondary electroactive element leads to a lower counter-ion diffusion resistance as well as to a larger counter-ion storage capacity in the electrochromic element/polymeric electrolyte interfaces. Consequently, the oxidation–reduction potential is lower, and the charge transfer process is faster in the dual devices than those in the single ones.     

Electrochemical characteristics of poly(ophenylendiamine) film electrodes in phosphatic solution

The electrochemical characteristics of poly(o-phenylendiamine) (POPD) film modified electrodes have been investigated using different electrochemical techniques.The main interest is focused on the effect of potential and film thickness on the electrode process.Good agreement has been found for the apparent diffusion coefficient estimated by chronocoulometry and impedance spec-troscopy.The charge transfer process within POPD films is diffusion processes at negative and positive overpotentials and electron hopping mechanism at formal potential.The POPD film conductivity of the oxidized state is better than that of the reduced state.For all electrode processes,the H+ may penetrate the film/electrolyte interface and take part in charge transfer or protonation-deprotonation of phenazine rings.     

Self-assembled films from WO3: Electrochromism and lithium ion diffusion

WO₃/chitosan and WO₃/chitosan/poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) films were prepared by the layer-by-layer method. The presence of chitosan enabled PEO to be carried into the self-assembled structure, contributing to an increase in the Li⁺ diffusion rate. On the basis of the galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) and the quadratic logistic equation (QLE), a spectroelectrochemical method was used for determination of the “optical” diffusion coefficient (D_op), enabling analysis of the Li⁺ diffusion rate and, consequently, the coloration front rate in these host matrices. The D_op values within the WO₃/chitosan/PEO film were significantly higher than those within the WO₃/chitosan film, mainly for higher values of injected charge. The presence of PEO also ensured larger accessibility to the electroactive sites, in accordance with the method employed here. Hence, this spectroelectrochemical method allowed us to separate the contribution of the diffusion process from the number of accessible electroactive sites in the materials, thereby aiding a better understanding of the useful electrochemical and electrochromic properties of these films for use in electrochromic devices.     

A self-threading polythiophene: defect-free insulated molecular wires endowed with long effective conjugation length

Herein, we report on a self-threading polythiophene whose conjugated molecular wire is sheathed within its own cyclic side chains. The defect-free insulating layer prevents electronic cross-communication between the adjacent polythiophene backbone even in the solid film. Notably, the covalently linked cyclic side chains extend the effective conjugation length of the interior polythiophene backbone, which results in an excellent intrawire hole mobility of 0.9 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1).     

Electrochemistry and electrochromic properties of phenanthroline-iron(II/III) complex films

New films of the iron complexes with bis((2-hydroxyphenyl)methylaminosulfonyl)bathophenanthroline(HPBP) and bis((2-aminophenyl)methylaminosulfonyl)bathophenanthroline(APBP) ligands are prepared on the electrode surfaces by electrochemical polymerization. The resulting film-coated electrode shows a well-defined reversible voltammogram corresponding to the redox reaction of the Fe(II/III) complexes and an electrochromic change from red(absorption maximum: 540 nm) to colorless. The response rate of the color change to a potential step was found to be correlated to the apparent diffusion coefficient(Dapp) for the homogeneous charge-transport process within the film. The Dapp values estimated are (3-4) × 10⁻⁹cm²s⁻¹ for the [Fe(APBP)₃] film and(1-2) × 10⁻⁸cm²s⁻² for the [Fe(HPBP)₃] film, respectively, by potential-step chronoamperometric and chronocoulometric methods. The result of electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance(EQCM) measurements⁴) and dependence of the formal potential of the metal complex of the Fe(II/III) redox couple with activity of the supporting electrolyte anion in NaClO₄ aqueous solution showed that anion, cation, and solvent move simultaneously across the polymer film/solution interface during the redox reaction. A piezoelectric admittance measurement⁴⁾ of the poly[Fe(APBP)₃] coated quartz crystal electrode showed that the viscosity of the film is affected by the oxidation state of iron.     

Analysis of charge transport in gels containing polyoxometallates using methods of different sensitivity to migration

Two methods have been used for examination of transport of charge in gels soaked with DMF and containing dissolved polyoxometallates. The first method is based on the analysis of both Cottrellian and steady-state currents and therefore is capable of giving the concentration of the electroactive redox centres and their transport (diffusion-type) coefficient. The second method provides the real diffusion coefficients, i.e. transport coefficients free of migrational influence, for both the substrate and the product of the electrode reaction. Several gels based on poly(methyl methacrylate), with charged (addition of 1-acrylamido-2-methyl-2-propanesulphonic acid to the polymerization mixture) and uncharged chains, have been used in the investigation. The ratio obtained for the diffusion coefficient (second method) and transport coefficient (first method) was smaller for the gels containing charged polymer chains than for the gels with uncharged chains. In part these changes could be explained by the contribution of migration to the transport of polyoxomatallates in the gels. However, the impact of the changes in the polymer-channel capacity at the electrode surface while the electrode process proceeds was also considered. These structural changes should affect differently the methods based on different time domains.     

Flexible Electrochromic Poly(thiophene-furan) Film via Electrodeposition with High Stability

Flexible electrochromic(EC) materials have an urgent demand in the current electronic equipment market due to their technological interest and applications. However, at present, few flexible EC devices developed by industry exist due to some problems and challenges still to be solved such as flexibility. In this work, we have successfully synthesized a novel thiophene-furan(TFu) monomer via Stille coupling reaction,and facilely electrochemically polymerized in a neutral Bu_4 NPF_6-CH_2Cl2 electrolyte system to afford the corresponding poly(thiophene-furan)(PTFu) polymer film with good flexibility. The electrochemical and photoelectrochemical analyses of the as-prepared PTFu demonstrate that it has achieved the improved EC performance compared with pure polyfuran and polythiophene polymers, and as a result it possesses favorable EC parameters manifested as a reasonable ΔT(32.1%), faster response(1.38 s), excellent coloration efficiency(CE, 300.9 cm²·C^-1), and after a continuous redox process up to 2000 s, its optical stability can be maintained at 96%, and even after 3000 s, it can still be maintained at 80%. In addition, the successful assembly of the electrochromic device of PTFu film can easily realize the reversible conversion of the color from orange to gray. All these systematic studies suggest that the as-prepared flexible PTFu film is a promising candidate for EC materials and has great potential interest for versatile EC applications.     

Electrochemical impedance studies of the undoping process of platinum phthalocyanine charge transfer microcrystals

Platinum phthalocyanine (PtPc) microcrystal films undergo three successive electrochemical oxidations. Each of these processes is associated with anion insertion or doping. The reverse process of anion insertion, undoping, has been investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and in-situ UV–vis spectroscopy. The impedance theory of conductive polymer films developed by Vorotyntsev et al. is applicable to this process. The kinetics of the undoping process depend upon the previous oxidative treatment, and thus the doping level. Three different states of the film can be demarcated, depending on the degree of oxidation (and thus the degree of doping) of the PtPc film. These are called the lightly doped, the conductive and the over-doped state, respectively. For lightly doped films, the film conductivity, the redox capacitance, the diffusion coefficient for charge transport and the rate of electrochemical reaction all decrease with decreasing potential. The film conductivity depends upon the concentration of free charge carriers. For the more highly doped conductive film, all of the above parameters are greatly enhanced, and the electrochemical reaction is accelerated and proceeds at a very high rate. The potential dependence of the redox capacitance and the diffusion coefficient depends on the type of anion. During undoping at 0 V, unusually high diffusion coefficients with a magnitude of order 10⁻² cm² s⁻¹ are observed and are attributed to the strong interactions between the electronic and ionic carriers during the phase transformation. For the over-doped film, undoping leads to an increase in the film conductivity and electrochemical reaction rate. The potential dependence of the redox capacitance and diffusion coefficients for charge transport implies strong interactions within the film. Hypsochromic shifts in UV–vis spectra with decreasing potential indicate conformational relaxation during the undoping process. SEM investigation confirms that the doped film swells during the de-doping process.