Preparação de um copolímero multieletrocrômico para aplicação em dispositivo ópticos

Abstract

The copolymerization of different monomers is an interesting alternative to combine the properties of homopolymers as well as to obtain new colors in order to apply in electrochomic devices. The electrochemical synthesis of poly(DNBP-co-EDOT) was successfully achieved by the potentiodynamic and galvanostatic methods on the electrode surface. During the deposition of the copolymer it was observed that the films deposited by the potentiodynamic method were heterogeneous due to the presence of isolated nucleation sites. The films deposited by the galvanostatic method showed to be homogeneous and adherent to the electrode surface. The films of poly(DNBP), poly(DNBP-co-EDOT) and PEDOT were characterized by infrared spectroscopy technique, confirming the presence of major functional groups of the homopolymers in the structure of the copolymer. During electrochemical characterization by cyclic voltammetry of homopolymers and the copolymer it was possible to observe that the poly(DNBP-co-EDOT) has intermediate characteristics of the voltammograms of the homopolymers, showing a voltammogram characteristic of a capacitive device and displaying three different colors depending on the applied potential, besides having a high absorption in the near infrared region. The films of poly(DNBP), poly(DNBP-co-EDOT) and PEDOT characterized by SEM showed different morphologies, confirming the copolymerization. The films of poly(DNBP-co-EDOT) with Qdep = 30, 45 and 60 mC cm-2 were characterized by spectroelectrochemical, which techniques presented a coulombic efficiency of approximately 80%, chromatic contrast on the order of 30% in  = 585 nm and 50% in  = 1065 nm and coloration efficiency in the range of 177 C cm-2 for the reduction and 79.7 C cm-2 for the oxidation. Comparing these values with the data for the poly(DNBP) can be confirm that the films of poly(DNBP-co-EDOT) showed better electrochomic properties and are promising as active layer in optoelectronic devices such as displays and smart windows. Electrochomic devices was constructed with poly(DNBP-co-EDOT) an electrochomic electrode and PEDOT as an secondary electrode. The devices showed values of chromatic contrast of 13%, with good stability up to 500 cycles of charging / discharging