Thin Polymer Films by Oxidative or Reductive Electropolymerization and Their Application in Electrochromic Windows and Thin-Film Sensors
Electrically conducting and semiconducting polymers represent a special and still very attractive class of functional chromophores, especially due to their unique optical and electronic properties and their broad device application potential. They are potentially suitable as materials for several ap...
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| author | Ibeth Rendón-Enríquez Alex Palma-Cando Florian Körber Felix Niebisch Michael Forster Michael W. Tausch Ullrich Scherf |
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| description | Electrically conducting and semiconducting polymers represent a special and still very attractive class of functional chromophores, especially due to their unique optical and electronic properties and their broad device application potential. They are potentially suitable as materials for several applications of high future relevance, for example flexible photovoltaic modules, components of displays/screens and batteries, electrochromic windows, or photocatalysts. Therefore, their synthesis and structure elucidation are still intensely investigated. This article will demonstrate the very fruitful interplay of current electropolymerization research and its exploitation for science education issues. Experiments involving the synthesis of conducting polymers and their assembly into functional devices can be used to teach basic chemical and physical principles as well as to motivate students for an innovative and interdisciplinary field of chemistry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e0653ad538c340b79a63eed063631ad82023-11-30T23:46:17ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492023-01-0128288310.3390/molecules28020883Thin Polymer Films by Oxidative or Reductive Electropolymerization and Their Application in Electrochromic Windows and Thin-Film SensorsIbeth Rendón-Enríquez0Alex Palma-Cando1Florian Körber2Felix Niebisch3Michael Forster4Michael W. Tausch5Ullrich Scherf6Grupo de Investigación Aplicada en Materiales y Procesos (GIAMP), School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Urcuquí 100119, EcuadorGrupo de Investigación Aplicada en Materiales y Procesos (GIAMP), School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Yachay Tech University, Urcuquí 100119, EcuadorDepartment of Chemistry, Macromolecular Chemistry and Wuppertal Center for Smart Materials @ Systems (CM@S), Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, GermanyDepartment of Chemistry, Macromolecular Chemistry and Wuppertal Center for Smart Materials @ Systems (CM@S), Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, GermanyDepartment of Chemistry, Macromolecular Chemistry and Wuppertal Center for Smart Materials @ Systems (CM@S), Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, GermanyDepartment of Chemistry, Chemical Education and Wuppertal Center for Smart Materials @ Systems (CM@S), Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, GermanyDepartment of Chemistry, Macromolecular Chemistry and Wuppertal Center for Smart Materials @ Systems (CM@S), Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, GermanyElectrically conducting and semiconducting polymers represent a special and still very attractive class of functional chromophores, especially due to their unique optical and electronic properties and their broad device application potential. They are potentially suitable as materials for several applications of high future relevance, for example flexible photovoltaic modules, components of displays/screens and batteries, electrochromic windows, or photocatalysts. Therefore, their synthesis and structure elucidation are still intensely investigated. This article will demonstrate the very fruitful interplay of current electropolymerization research and its exploitation for science education issues. Experiments involving the synthesis of conducting polymers and their assembly into functional devices can be used to teach basic chemical and physical principles as well as to motivate students for an innovative and interdisciplinary field of chemistry.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/2/883electrically conducting polymerselectropolymerizationcyclovoltammetryelectrochromic windowsmicroporous polymer networks |
| spellingShingle | Ibeth Rendón-Enríquez Alex Palma-Cando Florian Körber Felix Niebisch Michael Forster Michael W. Tausch Ullrich Scherf Thin Polymer Films by Oxidative or Reductive Electropolymerization and Their Application in Electrochromic Windows and Thin-Film Sensors Molecules electrically conducting polymers electropolymerization cyclovoltammetry electrochromic windows microporous polymer networks |
| title | Thin Polymer Films by Oxidative or Reductive Electropolymerization and Their Application in Electrochromic Windows and Thin-Film Sensors |
| title_full | Thin Polymer Films by Oxidative or Reductive Electropolymerization and Their Application in Electrochromic Windows and Thin-Film Sensors |
| title_fullStr | Thin Polymer Films by Oxidative or Reductive Electropolymerization and Their Application in Electrochromic Windows and Thin-Film Sensors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thin Polymer Films by Oxidative or Reductive Electropolymerization and Their Application in Electrochromic Windows and Thin-Film Sensors |
| title_short | Thin Polymer Films by Oxidative or Reductive Electropolymerization and Their Application in Electrochromic Windows and Thin-Film Sensors |
| title_sort | thin polymer films by oxidative or reductive electropolymerization and their application in electrochromic windows and thin film sensors |
| topic | electrically conducting polymers electropolymerization cyclovoltammetry electrochromic windows microporous polymer networks |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/2/883 |
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