Enhancement of Electrochromic Switching Properties with Tröger's Base-Derived Intrinsic Microporous Polyamide Films.

The formation of Tröger's Base (TB) configuration is a useful approach to synthesize polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIM). Herein, the V-shaped TB scaffold is incorporated to prepare electrochromic (EC) polyamide with electroactive triphenylamine (TPA) moiety. The presence of intrinsic microporosity derived from inefficient packing of TB scaffolds can facilitate the counterions diffusion between electroactive species and electrolytes. Consequently, the resulting TB-based polyamide exhibits enhanced EC behaviors, such as a lower driving potential, reduced the difference of redox potentials ΔE, and shorter switching response time compared to the corresponding EC counterpart polyamide.

Electrochromic Response Capability Enhancement with Pentiptycene-Incorporated Intrinsic Porous Polyamide Films.

Enhancing switching response capability of electrochromic (EC) polymers has been a topical issue. Herein, the H-shaped nonplanar pentiptycene scaffold is successfully introduced into the polyamide film derived from N,N'-bis(4-aminophenyl)-N,N'-di(methoxyphenyl)-1,4-phenylenediamine (TPPA), and the resulting copolymer shows enhanced EC behaviors, including lower oxidation potential and shorter switching response time, as compared to the corresponding TPPA-derived homopolymer.