Explaining the Cyclic Voltammetry of a Poly(1,4-phenylene-ethynylene)-alt-poly(1,4-phenylene-vinylene) Copolymer upon Oxidation by using Spectroscopic Techniques

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• 作者：Dr. Christina Enengl ; Dr. Sandra Enengl ; Nassima Bouguerra ; Dr. Marek Havlicek ; Dr. Helmut Neugebauer and Dr. Daniel A. M. Egbe
• 刊名：ChemPhysChem
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 4, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 页码：93-100
• 全文大小：1335K
• ISSN：1439-7641

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Poly(1,4-phenylene-ethynylene)-alt-poly(1,4-phenylene-vinylene) (PPE-PPV) copolymers have attracted quite a lot of attention in the last few years for electronic device applications owing to their enhanced fluorescence. In this work, we focus on one particular PPE-PPV copolymer with dissymmetrically substituted 1,4-phenylene-ethynylene and symmetrically substituted 1,4-phenylene-vinylene building units. Six successively performed cyclic voltammograms are presented, measured during the oxidation reactions. As the oxidation onset of the electrochemical reaction shifts to lower potentials in each cycle, this behavior is elucidated by using spectroscopic techniques ranging from UV/Vis/near-IR to mid-IR including spin-resonance techniques. Hence, these findings help to explain some of the copolymer's most advantageous properties in terms of possible oxidation products.