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Tetra-EDOT substituted 3D electrochromic polymers with lower band gaps

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A couple of novel electrochromic materials poly(2,3,4,5-tetrakis(2,3-hydrothieno[3,4-b]dixin-5-yl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrrole) (P(t-EDOT-mPy)) and poly(5,5′,5′′,5′′′-(thiophene-2,3,4,5-tetrayl)tetrakis(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxine)) (P(t-EDOT-Th)) are electrodeposited via multi-position polymerization of their tetra-EDOT substituted monomers t-EDOT-mPy and t-EDOT-Th, respectively. Compared with the linear 2D structured poly(thiophene) (E g=2.2 eV) and poly(2,5-bis(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-b][1,4]dioxin-5-yl)thiophene) (E g=1.7 eV), P(t-EDOT-Th) (E g=1.62 eV) has the lowest band gap. Hence, we speculate that the band gaps of the two polymers, having 3D structures, are decreased in contrast to non-substituted polymers or bi-EDOT substituted polymers, thiophene and 1-methyl-1H-pyrrole. The results indicated that P(t-EDOT-Th) thin films are more stable and show higher transmittance amid two polymers, which may find their utilization in organic optoelectronics.

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This work was supported by the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectromagnetic Functional Materials of Shenzhen Science and Technology Plan (ZDSYS20140509094114164), the Shenzhen Peacock Program (KQTD2014062714543296), Shenzhen Science and Technology Research Grant (JCYJ20140509093817690), the Nanshan Innovation Agency Grant (KC2015ZDYF0016A), the Guangdong Key Research Project (2014B090914003, 2015B090914002), the Guangdong Talents Project, the National Basic Research Program of China (2015CB856505), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51373075), the Guangdong Academician Workstation (2013B090400016), and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2014A030313800).

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  1. School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Jingjing Shi, Shan Shao, Xiaosi Zhu, Mengmeng Zhu, Osamu Goto & Hong Meng

  2. Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China

    Imran Murtaza, Yang Zhao & Hong Meng

  3. Department of Physics, International Islamic University, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

    Imran Murtaza

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Shi, J., Murtaza, I., Shao, S. et al. Tetra-EDOT substituted 3D electrochromic polymers with lower band gaps. Sci. China Chem. 60, 90–98 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-016-0303-0

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