A Soluble ProDOT-Based Polymer and Its Electrochromic Device with Yellow-to-Green Color Switching Towards Camouflage Application

Yellow-to-green electrochromic color switching plays a key role in the intelligent adaptive camouflage under the visible light environment in future military camouflage applications. Here, we designed and synthesized a soluble electrochromic conjugated pDPTD polymer, mainly based on perylo[1,12-bcd]...

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Main Authors: Shizhao Wang, Tao Yang, Haichang Fu, Yujie Dong, Weijun Li, Cheng Zhang
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Tao Yang
Haichang Fu
Yujie Dong
Weijun Li
Cheng Zhang
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Tao Yang
Haichang Fu
Yujie Dong
Weijun Li
Cheng Zhang
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description Yellow-to-green electrochromic color switching plays a key role in the intelligent adaptive camouflage under the visible light environment in future military camouflage applications. Here, we designed and synthesized a soluble electrochromic conjugated pDPTD polymer, mainly based on perylo[1,12-bcd]thiophene and the novel ProDOT groups. The pDPTD polymer displayed a yellow-to-green electrochromism with large optical contrast and fast switching times. Based on the pDPTD polymer film, a yellow-to-green electrochromic device was achieved, showing an orange-yellow color at −0.4 V with L*a*b* color coordinates of 88.5, 18.5, and 34.2 and a pale green color at 0.7 V with L*a*b* color coordinates of 85.6, −4.8, and 11.5, together with a large optical contrast of 43.5% and fast switching times of 2.4/3.2 s. These results indicated that the pDPTD polymer could serve as a potential electrochromic material for yellow/green system camouflage applications.
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spelling doaj-art-cf5e438b4b514039b547f40d511291902024-12-13T16:28:22ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492024-11-012923558510.3390/molecules29235585A Soluble ProDOT-Based Polymer and Its Electrochromic Device with Yellow-to-Green Color Switching Towards Camouflage ApplicationShizhao Wang0Tao Yang1Haichang Fu2Yujie Dong3Weijun Li4Cheng Zhang5College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaCollege of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaTaizhou Biomedical and Chemistry Industry Institute, Taizhou 318000, ChinaCollege of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaCollege of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaCollege of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, ChinaYellow-to-green electrochromic color switching plays a key role in the intelligent adaptive camouflage under the visible light environment in future military camouflage applications. Here, we designed and synthesized a soluble electrochromic conjugated pDPTD polymer, mainly based on perylo[1,12-bcd]thiophene and the novel ProDOT groups. The pDPTD polymer displayed a yellow-to-green electrochromism with large optical contrast and fast switching times. Based on the pDPTD polymer film, a yellow-to-green electrochromic device was achieved, showing an orange-yellow color at −0.4 V with L*a*b* color coordinates of 88.5, 18.5, and 34.2 and a pale green color at 0.7 V with L*a*b* color coordinates of 85.6, −4.8, and 11.5, together with a large optical contrast of 43.5% and fast switching times of 2.4/3.2 s. These results indicated that the pDPTD polymer could serve as a potential electrochromic material for yellow/green system camouflage applications.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/23/5585ProDOTconjugated polymerelectrochomic camouflageelectrochromic device
spellingShingle Shizhao Wang
Tao Yang
Haichang Fu
Yujie Dong
Weijun Li
Cheng Zhang
A Soluble ProDOT-Based Polymer and Its Electrochromic Device with Yellow-to-Green Color Switching Towards Camouflage Application
Molecules
ProDOT
conjugated polymer
electrochomic camouflage
electrochromic device
title A Soluble ProDOT-Based Polymer and Its Electrochromic Device with Yellow-to-Green Color Switching Towards Camouflage Application
title_full A Soluble ProDOT-Based Polymer and Its Electrochromic Device with Yellow-to-Green Color Switching Towards Camouflage Application
title_fullStr A Soluble ProDOT-Based Polymer and Its Electrochromic Device with Yellow-to-Green Color Switching Towards Camouflage Application
title_full_unstemmed A Soluble ProDOT-Based Polymer and Its Electrochromic Device with Yellow-to-Green Color Switching Towards Camouflage Application
title_short A Soluble ProDOT-Based Polymer and Its Electrochromic Device with Yellow-to-Green Color Switching Towards Camouflage Application
title_sort soluble prodot based polymer and its electrochromic device with yellow to green color switching towards camouflage application
topic ProDOT
conjugated polymer
electrochomic camouflage
electrochromic device
url https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/29/23/5585
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