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Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol.177, 554-563, 2016
Electrochemical synthesis of novel polymer based on (4-(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-61[1,4][dioxin-5-yl) aniline) in aqueous solution: Characterization and application
4-(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-6][1,4][dioxin-5-yl) aniline, an interesting novel monomer was successfully synthesized in which alpha-carbon on ethylenedioxythiophene was linked to aniline at para position. The structure of the monomer was approved by infrared (IR), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (H-1 NMR) spectroscopies. Poly (4-(2,3-dihydrothieno[3,4-6][1,4][dioxin-5-yl) aniline) and its composite with graphene were electrochemically synthesized in aqueous solution by cyclic potential sweep method. The Polymer was characterized by IR and UV-vis spectroscopies, scanning electron microscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques. Electrochemical synthesis conditions were optimized to prepare high conducting and porous polymer so it can be efficiently used as a counter electrode in fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells. Photovoltaic experiments revealed that energy conversion efficiency of the solar cell fabricated using polymer composite (7.52%) is 21% greater than that prepared by Pt counter electrode (6.19%). (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.