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Article Citation - WoS: 18Citation - Scopus: 19Effect of Furan, Thiophene and Selenophene Donor Groups on Benzoselenadiazole Based Donor-Acceptor Systems(Elsevier Science Sa, 2016) Karabay, Lutfiye Canan; Karabay, Bads; Karakoy, Merve Serife; Cihaner, AtillaA series of the monomers called 4,7-di(furan-2-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5]selenadiazole (OSeO), 4,7-di(thiophen-2-yl)benzo[c]11,2,5]selenadiazole (SSeS) and 4,7-di(selenophen-2-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5]selenadiazole (SeSeSe) was synthesized via a donor-acceptor-donor (D-A-D) approach. Benzoselenadiazole was used as an acceptor unit and furan, thiophene and selenophene were used as donor units. The effects of chalcogen atoms (0, S, and Se) in furan, thiophene and selenophene were investigated systematically on the properties of the monomers and their corresponding polymers (POSeO, PSSeS and PSeSeSe, respectively), which were polymerized electrochemically via potentiodynamic or potentiostatic methods. The monomers OSeO, SSeS and SeSeSe exhibited low oxidation potentials of 1.15, 1.25 and 1.19 V vs. Ag/AgCl, respectively. Intramolecular charge transfer interaction between donor and acceptor units was demonstrated from the emission spectra of the monomers. Also, the optical studies showed that the ambipolar and electrochromic polymers POSeO, PSSeS and PSeSeSe have low band gaps of 1.57, 1.47 and 1.45 eV, respectively. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 9Citation - Scopus: 10A Theoretical Investigation of 4,7-Di(furan Donor-Acceptor Type Conjugated Polymer(Elsevier, 2015) Kayi, Hakan; Elkamel, AliQuantum chemical calculations are performed using density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the HOMO-LUMO energy gap of the 4,7-di(furan-2-yl)benzo[c][1,2,5]selenadiazole-based (FSeF) donor-acceptor type conjugated polymer which ascertains the optoelectronic properties and plays a crucial role, especially in polymeric solar cell applications. In this paper, the most stable conformers of the FSeF monomer and its corresponding oligomers are investigated at the B3LYP/Def2TZV and B3LYP/LANL2DZ levels of theory, and their molecular structures are revealed. The band gap of the polymer is determined by linear-fitting and extrapolation of the DFT data. This gap is found to be 1.44 eV and 1.45 eV by the B3LYP/Def2TZV, and B3LYP/LANL2DZ with PCM calculations, respectively. Our theoretical findings related to the band gap of the FSeF polymer (PFSeF) are in good agreement with other experimental studies in the literature and, hence, the theoretical methods used in this study are promising for the design of similar donor-acceptor type novel conjugated polymers. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 94Citation - Scopus: 100A New Soluble Neutral State Black Electrochromic Copolymer Via a Donor-Acceptor Approach(Elsevier, 2010) Icli, Merve; Pamuk, Melek; Algi, Fatih; Onal, Ahmet M.; Cihaner, AtillaTwo donor-acceptor systems, 2-decyl-4,7-bis(3,3-didecyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepin-6-yl)-2H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole (1) and 4,7-bis(3,3-didecyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-thieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxepin-6-yl)-2,1,3-benzoselenadiazole (2) are explored in order to attain a low bandgap black polymer electrochrome, which is highly difficult to attain due to the complexity of designing such materials. Electrochemical polymerization of 1 and 2 in 1:4 monomer feed ratio was performed in a mixture of acetonitrile and dichloromethane solution containing 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate. It was found that electropolymerization provides a processable neutral state black copolymer, (P(1-co-2)), which absorbs virtually the whole visible spectrum (400-800 nm). (P(1-co-2)) is the first low bandgap (1.45 eV) electropolymerized material, which switches from black color (L = 14.3, a = 0.29, b = 0.35) in the neutral state to transmissive grey (L = 39.2, a = 0.29, b = 0.33) in the oxidized state with 15.3% of the transmittance change at 522 nm. Furthermore, it exhibits excellent operational and/or environmental stability under ambient conditions. (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

