Low Potential Electrochemical Polymerization of 1-Hydroxy-2-Methoxybenzene and Characterization of its Polymer

Abstract:

The electrochemical polymerization of 1-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzene (HMOB) was performed in boron trifuoride diethyl etherate (BFEE) and a novel conducting polymer poly(1-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzene) (PHMOB) was easily electrodeposited. The oxidation onset of HMOB was initiated at 0.97 V versus a saturated calomel electrode (SCE). PHMOB films obtained from BFEE showed good thermal stability. NMR studies showed that the polymerization of HMOB occurred at C₄ and C₅ position. Fluorescent spectral studies indicated that doped and dedoped PHMOB were good blue emitters, with the same excitation wavelength maximum of 348 nm.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 466-467)
• Pages: 170-175
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.466-467.170
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Yao Huang, Mu Lin Ma, Hou Ting Liu, Jing Kun Xu, Ge Zhang, Lei Qiang Qin
• Keywords: Conducting Polymer, Electrochemical Polymerization, Fluorescence Property, PEDOT Derivatives, Poly(1-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzene)

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