Electrochemical and Optical Properties of D-A-A-A-D Azomethine Triad and Its NIR-Active Polymer
Mateusz Roszyk1, Monika Wałęsa-Chorab1
1Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
Abstract:
The azomethine TPA-(BTZ) with a donor-acceptor-acceptor-acceptor-donor structure has been synthesized and characterized. Azomethine TPA-(BTZ) exhibited luminescence properties and a positive solvatochromic effect. Electropolymerization on terminated triphenylamine groups was used to obtain a thin layer of the polyazomethine poly-[TPA-(BTZ). Further investigation of oxidation/reduction properties of poly-[TPA-(BTZ) via cyclic voltammetry showed that the polymer undergoes two reversible oxidation/reduction processes due to the presence of tetraphenylbenzidine moieties. Electrochromic properties of the polyazomethine poly-[TPA-(BTZ) were investigated via spectroelectrochemistry. It was observed that the polymer in its neutral state is orange, and the color changes to green upon electro-oxidation. The stability of the polymer during multiple oxidation/reduction cycles, response times, and coloration efficiency were also investigated.
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