ISSN:
0025-116X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Soluble poly(9-methylcarbazole-3,6-diyl-1,2-diphenylvinylene) (1) Mn = 10000, was prepared by dehalogenating polycondensation of 3,6-bis(α,α-dichlorobenzyl)-9-methylcarbazole with chromium(II) acetate. The monomer was obtained from 3,6-dibenzoyl-9-methylcarbazole by reaction with PCl5. The chemical structure of 1 was verified by elemental analysis, UV, IR, and NMR spectroscopy, GPC, and VPO. 1 was found to be highly photoconducting, exhibiting a dark conductivity of 10-14 S/cm, which increases on doping with AsF5 to 10-4 S/cm. Its thermal stability under nitrogen is as high as with other phenylsubstituted poly(arylenevinylene)s (dec. temp.: 540°C; residue: 72 weight-%). The spectral distribution of sensitized (TNF, dyes) photoconductivity was studied and the redox behaviour was investigated by cyclovoltammetry. The redox potentials were found to be EOx1/2 = 0,90 V and ERed1/2 = -2,07 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). The electrochemical oxidation is reversible, associated with the formation of polydications derived from chain segments which consist of two carbazolediylvinylene units. Thus, 1,2-dicarbazole-3-yl-1,2-diphenylethylene as model compound well reflects the redox properties of the polymer. The electrochemical band gap energy was found to be 2,97 eV, which agrees closely with the energy of the optical absorption edge of 3,04 eV.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1987.021880907
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