Design, Synthesis and Technological Applications of New Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Polymeric Materials

In this study, a new carborane based electron donor-acceptor-donor type electroactive monomer (1) was synthesized successfully. Monomer 1 has an irreversible oxidation peak at 0.90 V (vs Ag/AgCl) and by the help of repeting cyclic voltammetry between -0.90 V and 1.00 V it was polymerized via electrochemical method. Electrochemical polymerization was performed in 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate (TBAH) /acetonitrile and 0.1 M TBAH/DKM. Electrochemical and optical properties of the corresponding polymer (P1) were investigated. The presence of carborane unit in the polymer backbone preserve the polymer against the ambient conditions, high overoxidation potentials;therefore, the polymer become robust and preserve its properties (optical and electronic). For example, after 1000 cycles, P1 has 96% of its electroactivity. P1 having a narrow band gap like 1.64 eV also have different colors at various oxidation states: therefore, it proved that it is a promising material as an electrochromic material: light violet at neutral state and transmissive sky blue at oxidized state. This stuation was supported by the construction of an electrochromic device. Also, by the sake of comparison, the analog of monomer 1, monomer (59) and polymer (P59) were synthesized. As a result, it was proved that 1 and P1 materials are very precious materials