Epitaxial thin films of ATiO(3-x)H(x) (A = Ba, Sr, Ca) with metallic conductivity

Epitaxial thin films of titanium perovskite oxyhydride ATiO(3-x)H(x) (A = Ba, Sr, Ca) were prepared by CaH(2) reduction of epitaxial ATiO(3) thin films deposited on a (LaAlO(3))(0.3)(SrAl(0.5)Ta(0.5)O(3))(0.7) substrate. Secondary ion mass spectroscopy detected a substantial amount and uniform distribution of hydride within the film. SrTiO(3)/LSAT thin film hydridized at 530 °C for 1 day had hydride concentration of 4.0 × 10(21) atoms/cm(3) (i.e., SrTiO(2.75)H(0.25)). The electric resistivity of all the ATiO(3-x)H(x) films exhibited metallic (positive) temperature dependence, as opposed to negative as in BaTiO(3-x)H(x) powder, revealing that ATiO(3-x)H(x) are intrinsically metallic, with high conductivity of 10(2)-10(4) S/cm. Treatment with D(2) gas results in hydride/deuteride exchange of the films; these films should be valuable in further studies on hydride diffusion kinetics. Combined with the materials' inherent high electronic conductivity, new mixed electron/hydride ion conductors may also be possible.     

Facile synthesis of silver nanoparticles useful for fabrication of high-conductivity elements for printed electronics

A facile synthesis of stable silver nanoparticles having a particle size of <10 nm is described. The synthesis involved reduction of silver acetate with a substituted hydrazine, such as PhNHNH2, in the presence of a 1-alkylamine, such as C16H33NH2, in toluene at 25-60 degrees C. Spin-coated thin films or printed electronic features of alkylamine-stabilized silver nanoparticles could be easily converted at 120-160 degrees C into highly conductive films or elements with conductivity of 2-4 x 104 S cm-1. Organic thin-film transistors with printed silver source/drain electrodes of this nature exhibited field-effect transistor properties which are similar to those of the devices using vacuum-deposited silver electrodes.     

Cation mobility and kinetics of ion exchange in zirconium hydrogen monothiophosphate hydrate, Zr(HPO(3)S)(2)x1.5H(2)O

The ion conductivity of zirconium hydrogen monothiophosphate (Zr(HPO(3)S)(2)x1.5H(2)O) has been measured by impedance spectroscopy. The measured value of proton conductivity is 3 x 10(-5) S/cm at 298 K. Conductivity was shown to decrease with increasing temperature due to a dehydration process. Above 450 K, the conductivity is likely governed by proton transport in the anhydrous phase Zr(HPO(3)S)(2). The activation energies of proton conductivity were measured to be 18 +/- 2 kJ/mol for Zr(HPO(3)S)(2)x1.5H(2)O and 60 +/- 3 kJ/mol for the anhydrous compound. The kinetics of ion exchange was studied with the use of potentiometric titration for several ion pairs, H(+)/Na(+), H(+)/Zn(2+), and Na(+)/Zn(2+) in Zr(HPO(3)S)(2)x1.5H(2)O. The diffusion coefficient values for H(+)/Na(+) ion exchange in Zr(HPO(3)S)(2)x1.5H(2)O are lower than those reported in alpha-zirconium phosphate. At the same time, the mobility of zinc ions in Zr(HPO(3)S)(2)x1.5H(2)O is higher than sodium ion mobility. The ion exchange H(+)/Zn(2+) is accompanied by the slow hydrolysis of the initial compound. In all cases, the powdered solids were evaluated by powder X-ray diffraction, and particle sizes were controlled by grinding and sieving the powders.     

Preparation and characterization of electrically conducting Langmuir-Blodgett films of poly(N-octadecylaniline)

A stable monolayer of N-octadecylaniline containing stearic acid at the air-water interface has been obtained. However, the Langmuir monolayer of pure poly(N-octadecylaniline) was not stable, but mixed Langmuir-Blodgett films of this polymer with stearic acid in different ratios as a spreading aid were stable. The electrical conductivity of these films increased by five orders of magnitude after doping with iodine as compared to that before iodine doping (5.8x10(-7) S cm(-1)). Temperature-dependent electrical conductivity suggested that these films were semiconducting in nature with low thermal activation energy. Impedance analyses of these films revealed that the equivalent circuit for poly(N-octadecylaniline) was (RQ) whereas that for mixed poly(N-octadecylaniline) with stearic acid was (RQ)(RQ).     

手性环境下的手性N-取代吡咯电化学聚合及其微结构

在 (S) (+) 樟脑磺酸 ((S) (+) CSA)或 (R) (- ) 樟脑磺酸 ((R) (- ) CSA)的存在下 ,电化学聚合了手性吡咯衍生物 (S) (+) (1H 吡咯基 )丙酸甲酯 (M(+)PyPr) .用电化学、红外、拉曼、X光电子能谱及圆二色谱 (CD)对聚合物进行了表征 ,并用电化学方法测试了聚合物膜的手性识别性质 .同时 ,恒电流及恒电位电解聚合制得了直立于电极表面的导电高聚物微米带     

Conductive triethylene glycol monomethyl ether substituted polythiophenes with high stability in the doped state

Synthesis of two conducting polymers containing 3‐hexylthiophene and 3‐[2‐(2‐(2‐methoxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethoxy]thiophene is demonstrated. In thin‐film transistors, the high‐molecular‐weight polymer shows an average mobility of 4.2 × 10^?4 cm² V^?1 s^?1. Most importantly, the polymers have high conductivity upon doping with iodine and also have high stability in the doped state with high conductivities measured even after 1 month. Furthermore, the doping causes transparency to thin films of the polymer and the films are resistant to common organic solvents. All these properties indicate a great potential for the iodine‐doped polymer to be used as an alternative to commercially available poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate). © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019 , 57, 1079–1086     

Addition polymerization of 2-cyano-1, 4-benzenedithiol to 1,4-diethynylbenzene and properties of polymers

A novel addition polymerization of 2-cyano-1,4-benzenedithiol to 1,4-diethynylbenzene was carried out by UV irradiation in toluene at 50°C under nitrogen atmosphere. The polymerization proceeded readily, and a pale-yellowish conjugated polymer contain-ing sulfur atoms and cyano groups (M?_n = 20,400–80,800) was obtained in a 60–80% yield for 120–250 min. The polymer was found to be 1 : 1 alternating structure of anti-Markownikoff's type and was insolu-ble in conventional organic solvents. Since the polymer having molecular weight of the order of 10⁴ had a softening point at 115°C, a thin polymer film was obtained by heat press. TG analysis of the polymer indicated its decomposition point at about 620°C under argon atmosphere. The electrical conductivity of the polymer pellet was 10^?10 S/cm at 300 K without doping and on the order of 10^?5 S/cm on I₂ doping. Fur-thermore, the electrical conductivity of the undoped polymer pellet reversibly changed from the order of 10^?10 S/cm at 300 K to 10^?7 S/cm at 435 K with temperature variation, accompanying with increasing carrier density and mobility. The polymer pellet (M?ⁿ = 80,800) aged at 250°C for 5 min under nitrogen atmosphere exhibited the order of 10^?7 S/cm at 300 K. Thermal treatment of the polymers was thought to cause spreading of conjugated system through molecular rearrangement supported by x-ray diagrams. An absorption edge of diffuse reflectance spectra of the polymer (M?ⁿ = 80,800) was 635 nm and shifted to 880 nm by heat treatment of the polymer. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Hydronium ion motion in nanometer 3-methyl-pentane films

An ion soft-landing approach was applied to study the motion of hydronium (D(3)O(+)) and cesium (Cs(+)) ions from 84 to 104 K in glassy 3-methyl-pentane (3MP) films vapor deposited on Pt(111). Both ions were found to have very similar mobilities in 3MP. The span of ion mobilities probed is from approximately 10(-18) to approximately 10(-13) m(2) V(-1) s(-1). Ion transport in these films was studied as a function of film thickness and electric field strength. The drift velocity was found to be linear with applied field below about 2 x 10(8) Vm and deviated from linearity above this. To a large extent, D(3)O(+) and Cs(+) motion in 3MP was well predicted by a simple continuum-based ion mobility model in films from 25 to 20,000 ML thick (including pronounced perturbations 7 ML from both the vacuum and Pt interfaces). The mobility varied with temperature more slowly than predicted by Stokes' law, which may be due to extended inhomogeneous structures in the 3MP near its glass transition at 77 K.     

钒改性锂离子电池正极材料LiFe0.5Mn0.5PO4/C 电化学性能

采用高温固相反应,以NH4VO3为钒源合成了化学计量式为(1-x)LiFe0.5Mn0.5PO4-xLi3V2(PO4)3/C(x=0,0.1,0.2,0.25,1)的钒改性磷酸锰铁锂正极材料.电化学测试表明钒改性能明显提高磷酸锰铁锂材料的充放电性能,其中x=0.2时得到的0.8LiFe0.5Mn0.5PO4-0.2Li3V2(PO4)3/C(标记为LFMP-LVP/C)材料电化学性能最好,其0.1C倍率时的放电比容量为141mAh·g-1.X射线衍射(XRD)分析指出LFMP-LVP/C材料的微观结构为橄榄石型LiFe0.5Mn0.5PO4/C和NASICON型Li3V2(PO4)3组成的双相结构.能量色射X射线谱(EDS)分析结果指出,Fe、Mn、V、P元素在所合成材料中的分布非常均匀,表明所制备材料成分的均一性.Li3V2(PO4)3改性使材料的电导率明显提高.LiFe0.5Mn0.5PO4的电导率为1.9×10-8S·cm-1,而LFMP-LVP材料电导率提高到2.7×10-7S·cm-1.与纯Li3V2(PO4)3的电导率(2.3×10-7S·cm-1)相近.电化学测试表明钒改性使LFMP-LVP/C材料充放电过程电极极化明显减小,从而电化学性能得到显著提高.本文工作表明Li3V2(PO4)3改性可成为提高橄榄石型磷酸盐锂离子电池正极材料电化学性能的一种有效方法.     

La2(Mo1-xVx)2O9-α的制备及其导电性

采用固相法合成了系列陶瓷样品La₂(Mo_1-xV_x)₂O_9-α (x=0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08). 粉末X射线衍射(XRD)结果表明样品具有单一立方相La₂Mo₂O₉结构. 采用气体浓差电池、电化学阻抗等电化学方法研究了陶瓷样品在823-1123 K下的导电特性. 系列陶瓷样品已完全抑制La₂Mo₂O₉母体在853 K附近的相变; 各样品在干燥及湿润氧气气氛中几乎为纯氧离子导体, 质子导电性可忽略不计; 氧离子电导率σ随掺杂离子浓度的变化为σ(x=0.02)<σ(x=0.08)<σ(x=0.06)<σ(x=0.04), 这与晶胞自由体积大小的次序完全一致, x=0.04样品具有最高的氧离子电导率0.051 S·cm^-1; 氧分压与电导率的关系表明, 在高氧分压气氛中样品是纯的氧离子导体, 在低氧分压气氛中是氧离子与电子的混合导体.     

Electrical Conductivity and Physical Properties of Poly(Dipropargylsilane Derivatives) Doped with Electron Acceptors

Abstract

Films of poly(dipropargylsilane derivatives) were easily prepared by solvent casting. The resulting red-black films were relatively flexible and ductile. By doping with electron acceptors, the electrical conductivity increased up to the order of 10^?1-10⁰ S/cm. The activation energy for the conduction of doped film was 4 kcal/mol. The change in Raman, IR, and UV-visible spectra by doping suggests electron transfer from the poly(dipropargylsilane derivatives) to the dopant, leading to the formation of polaron. It also was observed that doping with I₂ drastically destroys the crystallinity of the polymer.     

Fabrication of polymer Langmuir-Blodgett films containing regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) for application to field-effect transistor

Semiconducting thin films consisting of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (RR-PHT) and poly(N-dodecylacrylamide) (pDDA) were constructed by the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique. A mixture of RR-PHT and pDDA spread from a chloroform solution on a water surface forms a stable monolayer, which can be transferred onto solid substrates by the LB method, yielding a well-defined polymer LB film. Surface morphology studies of the LB film indicate that the RR-PHT is dispersed uniformly throughout the surface. The polymer thin film was chemically doped by contacting with FeCl3 acetonitrile solution, and a conductivity of 5.6 S/cm was achieved. Further, the LB film was utilized as the semiconducting film in the field-effect transistor (FET), and mobilities of 2.2 x 10(-4) and 4.4 x 10(-4) cm2 V(-1) s(-1) were obtained by analyzing the saturated and linear regions of the current-voltage characteristic, respectively.     

Highly disordered polymer field effect transistors: N-alkyl dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole-based copolymers with surprisingly high charge carrier mobilities

A series of novel electroactive and photoactive conjugated copolymers based on N-alkyl dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrroles (DTP) and thiophene (TH) units (DTP-co-THs) were synthesized using a Stille coupling reaction and exhibited molecular weights of 1.6 x 10(4) to 5.0 x 10(4) g/mol. The incorporation of soluble substituted thiophenes and planar DTP units resulted in low band gap, highly conductive polymers. DTP-co-THs exhibited excellent solubility in common organic solvents and formed high-quality films. Optical characterization revealed that the band gaps of DTP-co-THs were between 1.74 and 2.00 eV, lower than regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophenes). Electrochemical characterization showed that the HOMO energy levels of DTP-co-THs are between -4.68 and -4.96 eV. When doped, DTP-co-THs exhibited high conductivities up to 230 S/cm with excellent stability. The different thiophene substituent patterns' effect on the polymers' optical and electronic properties was then examined by density functional theory computations. The microstructure and surface morphologies of poly(2,6-(4-dodecyl-4H-bisthieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole)-random-2,5-(3-dodecylthiophene)) (P4) and poly(2-(4,4'-didodecyl-2,2'-bithiophen-5-yl)-4-octyl-4H-bisthieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole) (P6) thin films were studied by X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy. As-cast P4 and P6 thin films exhibited poorly defined, randomly ordered lamellar structure that improved significantly after thermal annealing. Field effect transistor devices fabricated from P4 and P6 showed typical p-channel transistor behavior. Interestingly, the mobilities of as-cast, less ordered samples were much higher than those observed after annealing. The highest values of maximum and average mobilities were observed for the polymer P6 as-cast (0.21 and 0.13 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), respectively). One of our goals was to test the idea that high mobility and excellent electrical and structural reproducibility could perhaps be achieved by the creation of amorphous pi-conjugated materials that could possess long arrange pi connectivity on the microscopic scale. The results of these studies strongly suggest that the presence of highly ordered microcrystalline structures in thin films of organic semiconductors is not necessary for excellent performance of organic transistors.     

导电聚合物-半导体纳米颗粒自组装膜(Ⅱ)——光电化学性质

研究了层层自组装技术制备的导电聚合物SPAn/纳米硫化镉复合膜的电化学和光电化学性质。单层SPAn膜在0.1mol/L的LiClO₄/乙腈电解液中有弱的阴极光电流效应,为p型半导体;化学沉淀CdS膜为n型半导体。复合膜PSS/Q-CdS仅有阳极光电流效应,为CdS的n型半导体。自组装复合膜SPAn/Q-CdS有两种不同类型的光电响应,在阴极区(导电聚合物SPAn处于未掺杂状态)具有阴极光电流,在阳极区(SPAn处于导电状态)具有阳极光电流;导电聚合物的电化学状态对复合膜的光电化学性质有决定性作用。     

Influence of extended π-conjugation units on carrier mobilities in conducting polymers

Carrier mobilities in thin films of copolymers with repeat units consisting of oligothiophenes bridged by Si atoms are measured over a range of doping levels, where the numbers of thienylenes in the repeat unit are 7, 8, 10, 12, and 14. The mobilities for these polymer films increased with the increase in doping level and the mobility enhancement followed an increasing order of the π-conjugation length. The magnitude of the mobility increase for the Si polymer comprising 14 thiophene units reached ca. 10⁴, implying that this π-conjugation length is almost sufficient to reproduce transport properties of polythiophenes.     

Determination of the absolute configurations of natural products via density functional theory calculations of vibrational circular dichroism, electronic circular dichroism, and optical rotation: the iridoids plumericin and isoplumericin

The absolute configurations (ACs) of the iridoid natural products, plumericin (1) and isoplumericin (2), have been re-investigated using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy, electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectroscopy, and optical rotatory dispersion (ORD). Comparison of DFT calculations of the VCD spectra of 1 and 2 to the experimental VCD spectra of the natural products, (+)-1 and (+)-2, leads unambiguously to the AC (1R,5S,8S,9S,10S)-(+) for both 1 and 2. In contrast, comparison of time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) calculations of the ECD spectra of 1 and 2 to the experimental spectra of (+)-1 and (+)-2 does not permit definitive assignment of their ACs. On the other hand, TDDFT calculations of the ORD of (1R,5S,8S,9S,10S)-1 and -2 over the range of 365-589 nm are in excellent agreement with the experimental data of (+)-1 and (+)-2, confirming the ACs derived from the VCD spectra. Thus, the ACs initially proposed by Albers-Sch?nberg and Schmid are shown to be correct, and the opposite ACs recently derived from the ECD spectra of 1 and 2 by Els?sser et al. are shown to be incorrect. As a result, the ACs of other iridoid natural products obtained by chemical correlation with 1 and 2 are not in need of revision.     

Properties of composite proton-conducting membranes prepared from three-dimensionally ordered macroporous polyimide matrix and polyelectrolyte

A new proton-conducting composite membrane has been prepared by use of a three-dimensionally ordered macroporous matrix of polyimide and a proton-conducting gel polymer; the resulting composite membrane exhibited very high conductivity of 1.7 x 10-1 S cm-1 at 60 degrees C under 90% relative humidity.     

Safety-enhanced Polymer Electrolytes with High Ambient-temperature Lithium-ion Conductivity Based on ABA Triblock Copolymers

Liquid electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries suffer from leakage,flammability,and lithium dendrites,making polymer electrolyte a potential alternative.Herein,a series of ABA triblock copolymers(ABA-x)containing a mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline polymer(MJLCP)with a polynorbornene backbone as segment A and a second polynorbornene-based polymer having poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO)side chains as segment B were synthesized through tandem ring-opening metathesis polymerizations.The block copolymers can self-assemble into ordered morphologies at 200℃.After doping of lithium salts and ionic liquid(IL),ABA-x self-assembles into cylindrical structures.The MJLCP segments with a high glass transition temperature and a stable liquid crystalline phase serve as physical crosslinking points,which significantly improve the mechanical performance of the polymer electrolytes.The ionic conductivity of ABA-x/lithium salt/IL is as high as 10-3 S·cm-1 at ambient temperature owing to the high IL uptake and the continuous phase of conducting PEO domains.The relationship between ionic conductivity and temperature fits the Vogel-Tamman-Fulcher(VTF)equation.In addition,the electrolyte films are flame retardant owing to the addition of IL.The polymer electrolytes with good safety and high ambient-temperature ionic conductivity developed in this work are potentially useful in solid lithium-ion batteries.     

Surface vibrational spectroscopy on shear-aligned poly(tetrafluoroethylene) films

Sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy was used to obtain the first surface vibrational spectra of shear-deposited highly oriented poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE, Teflon) thin films. The surface PTFE chains appeared to lie along the shearing direction. Vibrational modes observed at 1142 and 1204 cm-1 were found to have the E1 symmetry, in support of some earlier analysis in the long-lasting controversy over the assignment of these modes.     

Mass analyzed threshold ionization spectra of phenol...Ar2: ionization energy and cation intermolecular vibrational frequencies

The phenol(+)...Ar(2) complex has been characterized in a supersonic jet by mass analyzed threshold ionization (MATI) spectroscopy via different intermediate intermolecular vibrational states of the first electronically excited state (S(1)). From the spectra recorded via the S(1)0(0) origin and the S(1)β(x) intermolecular vibrational state, the ionization energy (IE) has been determined as 68,288 ± 5 cm(-1), displaying a red shift of 340 cm(-1) from the IE of the phenol(+) monomer. Well-resolved, nearly harmonic vibrational progressions with a fundamental frequency of 10 cm(-1) have been observed in the ion ground state (D(0)) and assigned to the symmetric van der Waals (vdW) bending mode, β(x), along the x axis containing the C-O bond. MATI spectra recorded via the S(1) state involving other higher-lying intermolecular vibrational states (σ(s)(1), β(x)(3), σ(s)(1)β(x)(1), σ(s)(1)β(x)(2)) are characterized by unresolved broad structures.