Melt sonoquenching: an affective process to obtain new hybrid material and achieve enhanced electrochromic performances based on V2O5/2,4,5-tris(1-methyl- 4-pyridinium)-imidazolide tetrafluoroborate nanofibers

Hybrid electrochromic materials are a very important class of compounds, because they enable new and/or better optical and electrochemical properties to be unfolded. This paper reports the synthesis of the new V2O5.1.26H2O([C3N2(C6H7N)3])0.07 using the combination of two traditional methods, melting quenching and sonochemistry. The new material was characterized by several methods in order to verify the physical and chemical characteristics and its possible use as an electrochromic electrode. The organic guest provokes an interlayer spacing decrease of the inorganic matrix and the electrostatic interaction between the oxo groups of the V2O5 matrix and the pyridinium rings of the organic guest demonstrate a strong interaction. The new hybrid nanostructure presented good reversibility and cyclability during 50 cycles, electrochromic efficiency of 22 cm² C-1 (410 nm) and 96 % color retention after 50 cycles of color changing.

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Main Authors: Oliveira,Renato S. de, Goulart,Juliana da S., Miranda,Fabio S., Ponzio,Eduardo A.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2014
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532014000300018
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