Electrochemical and Optical Properties of an Azo Dye Based Conducting Copolymer
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2009
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Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey
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The electrochemical and optical properties of a novel conducting copolymer called poly(2,5'-dimethyl-[4-(2,5-di-thiophen-2-yl-pyrrol-1-yl)-phenyl]azobenzene-co-(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)) (poly(1-co-EDOT)) are reported. Electrochemically synthesized poly(1-co-EDOT) based on the azo dye has a well-defined and reversible redox couple (0.37 V vs. Ag/AgCl) with good cycle stability. The copolymer film exhibits high conductivity (13 S/cm) as well as electrochromic behavior (magenta when neutralized and transmissive sky blue when oxidized). Furthermore, electro-optically active copolymer film has a low band gap of 1.79 eV with a pi-pi* transition at 555 nm.
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Algi, Fatih/0000-0001-9376-1770;
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Conducting polymers, copolymers, dithienylpyrrole, azobenzene, EDOT
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33
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6
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759
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767