Issue 73, 2016, Issue in Progress

Synthesis of carbazole-based copolymers containing carbazole-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole groups with different dopants and their fluorescence and electrical conductivity applications

Abstract

To improve the electrical conductivity of poly(carbazole-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole) (p-CzTT), five different dopants, such as HCl, Fe(III), Cu(II), H3BO3, and I2, were introduced into its framework through protonation of a nitrogen atom or by complex formation. Carbazole-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole (CzTT) and poly(carbazole-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole) (p-CzTT) were synthesized by the reactions of carbazole aldehydes and dithiooxamide. The synthesized monomer and polymer were confirmed by FT-IR, UV-vis, 1H, 13C-NMR, and GPC studies. The doped polymers were examined by FT-IR spectroscopy, UV-visible absorption, fluorescence, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and electrical conductivity. The optical band gap (Eoptg) of CzTT and p-CzTT were found to be 2.74 eV and 1.95 eV, respectively. The thermal stability of the polymer showed 5% weight loss at 358 °C. Based on CV analysis, the HOMO and LUMO energy levels and the electrochemical band gap (Ecvg) of p-CzTT were obtained as −5.86 eV, −3.19 eV, and 2.67 eV, respectively. The CzTT and p-CzTT exhibited fluorescence emission at 461 nm and 448 nm, respectively. Among the dopants introduced, Fe(III)- and I2-doped polymer showed excellent electrical conductivities of 6.8 × 10−5 S cm−1 and 5.9 × 10−5 S cm−1, respectively.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of carbazole-based copolymers containing carbazole-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole groups with different dopants and their fluorescence and electrical conductivity applications

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Apr 2016
Accepted
04 Jul 2016
First published
04 Jul 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 69196-69205

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Synthesis of carbazole-based copolymers containing carbazole-thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole groups with different dopants and their fluorescence and electrical conductivity applications

G. Sathiyan, R. Thangamuthu and P. Sakthivel, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 69196 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA08888K

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