A Redox‐Dependent Electrochromic Material: Tetri‐EDOT Substituted Thieno[3, 2‐b]thiophene. Issue 16 (27th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shi, Jingjing; Zhu, Xiaosi; Xu, Panpan; Zhu, Mengmeng; Guo, Yitong; He, Yaowu; Hu, Zhao; Murtaza, Imran; Yu, Hongtao; Yan, Lijia; Goto, Osamu; Meng, Hong
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular rapid communications. Volume 37:Issue 16(2016)
• Page Start: 1344
• Page End: 1351
• Publication Date: 2016-05-27
• Subjects: 2D‐like and 3D‐like structures -- electrochromism -- thieno[3, 2‐b]thiophene -- butterfly‐shaped compounds; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; Polymers -- Periodicals; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.201600157
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-1336

Abstract

Abstract : Organic electrochromic materials change color rapidly under applied potential. A butterfly‐shaped compound, 5, 5′, ‐5″, ‐5′″‐(thieno[3, 2‐ b ]thiophene‐2, 3, 5, 6‐tetrayl) tetrakis‐(2, 3‐dihydrothieno[3, 4‐ b ][1, 4]dioxine) (t‐EDOT‐TT) is synthesized for the first time and polymerized at different potentials via electropolymerization technique. By applying different polymerization potentials, the optical and electrochromic properties of this newly synthesized polymer can be tuned. Owing to the dependence of functional group position in the polymer structure on the redox potential, this polymer can be utilized in very interesting organic optoelectronic applications. Abstract : By applying different polymerization potentials to a redox‐dependent electrochromic material, the optical and electrochromic properties of the newly synthesized 2D‐like and 3D‐like twin polymers can be tuned.