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Synthesis and near infrared electrochromic properties of metallodithiolene complexes

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Four metallodithiolene complexes [4,8-bis(octyloxy)-1,3,5,7-tetrathia]·di[1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene·palladium(II)] (3), [4,8-bis(octyloxy)-1,3,5,7-tetrathia]di[1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane·nickel(II)] (4), [4,8-bis(octyloxy)-1,3,5,7-tetrathia] ·[1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene·palladium(II)]·[1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane·nickel(II)] (5) and di[4,8-bis (octyloxy)-1,3,5,7-tetrathia]·[1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene·palladium(II)]·nickel(II) (6) were synthesized and the near-infrared (NIR) electrochromic properties were studied. The spectroelectrochemical spectra and the electrochromic parameters such as optical contrast, switching time, optical density change, electrochromic efficiency and optical attenuation of complexes 3–6 were investigated in detail. The symmetric binuclear complex 4 showed relatively high electrochromic efficiency of 63.0 and 75.4 cm2/C both in the two oxidation states. The complexes exhibited excellent electroactive/electrochromic stability characterized by chronoamperometry (>4000 cyclic switches).

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21134005, 21474102, 21474105) and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China

    Xiuhong Chen, Wenqiang Qiao, Bo Liu, Juntao Ren & Zhiyuan Wang

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xiuhong Chen, Bo Liu & Juntao Ren

  3. Department of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada

    Zhiyuan Wang

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Chen, X., Qiao, W., Liu, B. et al. Synthesis and near infrared electrochromic properties of metallodithiolene complexes. Sci. China Chem. 60, 77–83 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-016-0252-x

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