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Phenazine-containing poly(phenylenevinylene): a new polymer with impressive field emission properties

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Phenazine-containing poly(phenylenevinylene) (P(PHN-PV)) was synthesized using Wittig-Horner polycondensation of the appropriately designed monomers viz. 5,10-dioctyl-5,10-dihydrophenazine-2,7-dicarbaldehyde and tetraethyl ((2,5-bis((2-ethylhexyl) oxy)-1,4 phenylene) bis(methylene)) bis(phosphonate). The design embraces the specific motivation of incorporating the nitrogen-containing heterocycle viz. .phenazine in poly(phenylenevinylene) backbone. P(PHN-PV) exhibited reversible redox properties. In the field emission measurements performed on the film of P(PHN-PV), the turn-on field was observed to be 1.93 V/μm for the current density of 10 μA/cm2. The maximum current density of ~4.87 mA/cm2 was achieved at the applied field of 3.84 V/μm. The emission current showed impressive stability for 6 h at a constant current of 1 μA (current density of about 20 μA/cm2). These results emphasize the role of phenazine heterocycle with lone pair of electrons on nitrogen in lowering the oxidation onset and in turn reduction of the turn-on voltage.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. Satishchandra B. Ogale (Centre of Excellence in Solar Energy, Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, India) for valuable support. The authors also thank Dr. Dipti Dhakaras for conductivity measurements, Dr. Meenal Deo for help with Mott Schottky measurements, Mukta Tathavadekar for spray coating and Dr. Manoj Mane for DFT calculations. Shraddha Chhatre gratefully acknowledges the CSIR India, for the fellowship.

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  1. Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411008, India

    Shraddha Chhatre, Amol Ichake & Prakash P. Wadgaonkar

  2. Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, 411007, India

    Kashmira Harpale & Mahendra More

  3. Department of Physics and Centre for Energy Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411 008, India

    Sumati Patil & Aparna Deshpande

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Chhatre, S., Ichake, A., Harpale, K. et al. Phenazine-containing poly(phenylenevinylene): a new polymer with impressive field emission properties. J Polym Res 25, 61 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-017-1428-8

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