Issue 48, 2014

Effects of different dopants on the band gap and electrical conductivity of the poly(phenylene-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole) copolymer

Abstract

Poly(phenylene-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole) (p-PhTT) is an alternating copolymer having semiconductivity and low band gap energy. In this study, p-PhTT polymer was synthesized by the reaction of terephtalaldehyde and rubeanic acid (dithiooxamide). The synthesized p-PhTT was doped with different chemical agents such as HCl, Cu(II), Fe(III), H3BO3 and I2. The doped p-PhTT polymer samples were examined by using UV-vis, FT-IR, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrical conductivity. The optical (Eoptg) and electrochemical (ECVg) band gap energies of undoped p-PhTT were calculated as 2.56 and 2.50 eV from the UV-vis and CV measurements, respectively. The Fe(III) doping decreased the ECVg energy of the p-PhTT polymer from 2.50 to 2.35 eV according to the CV data. The other dopants increased the band gap energy of the polymer above 2.50 eV. The electrical conductivities of p-PhTT polymers were also measured. It was found that the Fe(III) doping of p-PhTT increased the electrical conductivity from 0.35 to 12 μS cm−1.

Graphical abstract: Effects of different dopants on the band gap and electrical conductivity of the poly(phenylene-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole) copolymer

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Mar 2014
Accepted
28 May 2014
First published
29 May 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 25165-25171

Author version available

Effects of different dopants on the band gap and electrical conductivity of the poly(phenylene-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole) copolymer

U. Olgun and M. Gülfen, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 25165 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA02425G

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