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Welded Electrochromic Conductive Polymer Nanofibers by Electrostatic Spinning
Author(s) -
Jang S.Y.,
Seshadri V.,
Khil M.S.,
Kumar A.,
Marquez M.,
Mather P. T.,
Sotzing G. A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200500577
Subject(s) - electrochromism , nanofiber , materials science , electrospinning , spinning , polymer , conductive polymer , polymer chemistry , polymer science , electrochromic devices , electrical conductor , welding , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , composite material , electrode , chemistry , engineering
Welded conducting polymer nanofibers (see Figure) with rapid electrochromic switching speeds have been prepared by electrospinning a soluble precursor polymer with pendant heterocycles into nanofibers which are subsequently crosslinked via solid‐state oxidative crosslinking. The switching speeds between the oxidized and neutral states for these nanofiber mats is about twenty times faster than electrochemically prepared conducting polymer films.