Polymer Bulletin, Vol.73, No.9, 2427-2438, 2016
Synthesis, characterization and electrochromic properties of polyamides having triphenylamine derivatives
Three diamine monomers with methoxy group substituents in the ortho, meta and para positions in the triphenylamine moiety were synthesized by a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction using 4-fluoronitrobenzene with o-, m- and p-anisidine, respectively. From these diamine monomers, electrochromic polyamides were synthesized by a direct polycondensation reaction. H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed the synthesis of the electrochromic polyamides. The measured inherent viscosity of the polyamides was in the range 0.65-0.78 dL/g. All the polyamides showed good thermal properties and formed good spin-coated thin films. The energy band gap and oxidation onset potential, E (onset), for the polyamide films was in the order of tere-p-OCH3TPA polyamide < tere-o-OCH3TPA polyamide < tere-m-OCH3TPA polyamide. The electrical properties and spectroelectrochemical behavior varied according to the methoxy substituted position in the triphenylamine moiety.
Keywords:Electrochromic polyamides;Methoxy substituted triphenylamine derivatives;Electrochromism;Oxidative polyamides;Spectroelectrochemical properties