Abstract
The radical copolymerization of 3-ethyl acrylate-thiophene (TE-AA) and acrylic acid (AA) led to form the precursor polymer, thienyl-group-bearing acrylate polymer (TE-PAA-co-PAA), and free-standing acrylate polymer modified poly(3-thienylethanol) (PTE-PAA-co-PAA) films were synthesized electrochemically by direct anodic oxidation of TE-PAA-co-PAA. The electrochemical, optical, thermal property and morphology of obtained polymer(PTE-PAA-co-PAA) were systematically studied via cyclic voltammetry, FT-IR, UV-Vis spectra, fluorescence spectra, thermogravimetry and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Cyclic voltammetry studies demonstrated that the precursor can be reversibly oxidized and reduced accompanied by obvious color changes from dark blue to transmissive yellow-green and the electroactive polymer has good redox activity as well as good electrochemical stability. Additionally, the fluorescence spectra showed that the so-obtained crosslinked polymer is still good blue-light emitter..
Keywords
3-Ethyl acrylate-thiophene, Free radical polymerization, PTE-PAA-co-PAA copolymer, Electrochemical polymerization,
Crosslinked network film.
Citation
Y. L. QIAO, L. HAN, Y. B. DING, L. SHEN, Electrosynthesis and characterization of an electroactive material from 2-(3-Thienyl) ethyl acrylate, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 11, 11-12, November-December 2017, pp.725-729 (2017).
Submitted at: July 21, 2016
Accepted at: Nov. 28, 2017