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- Title
Synthesis of Dimethyl-Substituted Polyviologen and Control of Charge Transport in Electrodes for High-Resolution Electrochromic Displays.
- Authors
Kan Sato; Ryusuke Mizukami; Takahiro Mizuma; Hiroyuki Nishide; Kenichi Oyaizu
- Abstract
Electrochromic (EC) polymers such as polyviologens have been attracting considerable attention as wet-processable electrodes for EC displays, thanks to their brilliant color change accompanied with reversible redox reactions. To establish wider usage, achieving multicolor and high-resolution characteristics is indispensable. In this paper, we demonstrated that the introduction of substituents such as methyl groups into bipyridine units changed the stereostructure of the cation radicals, and thus shifted the color (e.g., ordinary purple to blue). Also, by relaxing excessive π-stacking between the viologen moieties, the response rate was improved by a factor of more than 10. The controlled charge transport throughout the polyviologen layer gave rise to the fabrication of EC displays which are potentially suitable for the thin film transistor (TFT) substrate as the counter electrodes with submillimeter pixels. The findings can be versatilely used for the new design of polyviologens with enhanced electrochemical properties and high-resolution, multicolor EC displays.
- Subjects
ELECTROCHROMIC devices; ELECTRODE potential; ELECTROMOTIVE series; ELECTRIC resistors; ETHANES
- Publication
Polymers (20734360), 2017, Vol 9, Issue 3, p86
- ISSN
2073-4360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/polym9030086