Fast switching polymeric electrochromics with facile processed water dispersed nanoparticlesShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Nano Energy, ISSN 2211-2855, E-ISSN 2211-3282, Vol. 47, p. 123-129Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In this work, water dispersed electrochromic polymer nanoparticles (WDENs) prepared with miniemulsion process are introduced into electrochromic polymer (ECP) electrode for the first time. The poly [2, 3-bis-(3-octyloxyphenyl) quinoxaline-5,8-diyl-alt-thiophene-2,5-diyl]) nanoparticle (NP) electrode shows much faster switching speed than the compacted electrode (e.g. 2.10 s vs. 24.15 s for coloring, 8.65 s vs. 25.95 s for bleaching @ 0.4 V; 1.30 s vs. 9.20 s coloring and 1.7 s vs. 2.90 s for bleaching @ 1.0 V). Moreover, the potentiality of WDENs for universal ECPs is demonstrated. The microelectrochemical measurement indicates much more efficient counter-ion diffusion between the electrolyte and the NP films than the compacted films, which results in much faster electrochromic switching. Besides the facile and eco-friendly processing of the WDENs, all solution and low cost fabrication of ECP NP films suggest their broad applications in commercial production of polymer electrochromic display and great potential for other polymer electrochemical electronics.
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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV , 2018. Vol. 47, p. 123-129
Keywords [en]
Electrochromics; Conjugated polymer; Nanoparticles; Fast switching; Facile processing
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-147786DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.02.050ISI: 000430057000015OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-147786DiVA, id: diva2:1206500
Note
Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council (VR) [621-2013-5561]; VINNMER Marie Curie from VINNOVA [2016-02840]; Goran Gustafsson Foundation for Research in Nature Sciences and Medicine
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