dc.contributor.advisor | Iwuoha, Emmanuel | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Waryo, Tesfaye T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tsegaye, Abebaw Adgo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-12T11:33:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-11-12T11:33:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3836 | |
dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis is based on the study of electropolymerization and electrochromism of poly(4,7- dithien-2-yl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) (P(DTBT) and its copolymer with 3-methoxythiophene (MOT) in imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bmimbf4) hydrophilic, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (bmimpf6) and 1- butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (bmimtnf2) hydrophobic ILs. Traditional organic solvents acetonitrile and dichloromethane in the presence of 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium perchlorate (n-Bu4NClO4) as a supportive electrolyte was also used as a medium for comparison. Besides, a more hydrophobic ionic liquid, 1-octyl-3- methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (octmimtnf2) was also used for the electrodeposition of poly(3-methoxythiophene) (PMOT). The techniques employed are cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), uv-visible spectroelectrochemistry and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). 4,7-Dithien-2-yl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole (DTBT) a type of donor –acceptor monomer and 3- methoxythiophene (MOT) has been electropolymerized using ionic liquids as growth and supportive electrolytes. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | 4,7-Dithien-2-yl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole | en_US |
dc.subject | Diffusion coefficient | en_US |
dc.subject | Standard heterogeneous rate constant | en_US |
dc.subject | Electropolymerization | en_US |
dc.subject | Poly(4,7-dithien-2-yl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) | en_US |
dc.subject | Donor-acceptor polymers | en_US |
dc.subject | p-and n-dopable | en_US |
dc.subject | Ionic liquids | en_US |
dc.subject | Poly(3-methoxythiophene) | en_US |
dc.subject | Copolymerization | en_US |
dc.subject | Electrochromic properties | en_US |
dc.title | Electropolymerization and electrochromism of poly(4,7-dithien-2-yl-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) and its copolymer with 3-methoxythiophene in ionic liquids | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | uwc | en_US |