Enhancing electrochromic properties of polypyrrole by silsesquioxane nanocages

Metin Ak; Burcin Gacal; Baris Kiskan; Yusuf Yagci; Levent Toppare

doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2008.03.023

Enhancing electrochromic properties of polypyrrole by silsesquioxane nanocages

Metin Ak, Burcin Gacal, Baris Kiskan, Yusuf Yagci^*, Levent Toppare

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Department of Chemistry

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Abstract

A new monomer, octa(thiophenephenyl)silsesquioxane (OThiophenePS) was synthesized via click chemistry. The chemical structure of OThiophenePS was characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H NMR) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopies. Electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole with OThiophenePS was performed resulting in polypyrrole-attached, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (OPS-PPy). The spectroelectrochemical studies show that the electrochromic properties of (OPS-PPy) are superior to those of polypyrrole (PPy). This great improvement can be attributed to the more accessible doping sites and the facile ion movement during the redox switching brought by the loose packing of the PPy chains.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2202-2210
Number of pages	9
Journal	Polymer
Volume	49
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2008.03.023
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2008

Keywords

Conducting polymers
Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane
Polypyrrole

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Enhancing electrochromic properties of polypyrrole by silsesquioxane nanocages

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