Bhandari, Shweta and Melepurath, Deepa and Pahal, Suman and G. Joshi, Amish and Srivastava, Avanish Kumar and Kant, Rama
(2010)
A Dual Electrochrome of Poly-(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) Doped by N,N’-Bis(3-sulfonatopropyl)-4-4’-bipyridinium—Redox Chemistry and Electrochromism in Flexible Devices.
ChemSusChem, 3 (1).
pp. 97-105.
ISSN 1864-5631
Abstract
An electrochromic zwitterionic viologen, N,N’-bis(3-sulfonatopropyl)- 4-4’-bipyridinium, has been used for the first time for doping poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiopene) (PEDOT) films during electropolymerization. Slow and fast diffusional rates for the monomer at deposition potentials of +1.2 and +1.8 V, respectively yielded the viologen-doped PEDOT films with granular morphology and with dendrite-like shapes. The dual electrochrome formed at +1.8 V, showed enhanced coloration efficiency,larger electrochemical charge storage capacity, and superior redox activity in comparison to its analogue grown at +1.2 V, thus demonstrating the role of dendritic shapes in amplifying
electrochromism. Flexible electrochromic devices fabricated
with the viologen-doped PEDOT film grown at +1.8 V
and Prussian blue with an ionic liquid-based gel electrolyte
film showed reversible coloration between pale and dark
purple with maximum coloration efficiency of 187 cm2C1 at
l=693 nm. The diffusional impedance parameters and switching
kinetics of the device showed the suitability of this dual
electrochrome formed as a single layer for practical electrochromic cells.
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