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Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136(3), pp 842–845.
Jun Matsui *†, Rie Kikuchi ‡, and Tokuji Miyashita ‡
† Department of Material and Biological Chemistry,Yamagata University, 1-4-12, Kojirakawamachi, Yamagata 990-8560, Japan and
‡ Institute for Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
Abstract
Development of multicolored electrochromic materials is important to realize their applications in electronic devices such as full color electronic paper. One method to increase the number of colors in an electrochromic device is by color mixing. A simple method for color mixing involves two electrochromes deposited at different working electrodes. Selective control of the redox state of each electrochrome allows the generation of both the individual electrochrome colors and a mixture of the two colors. In this paper we report a new strategy that enables color mixing using a single working electrode. A trilayer film composed of an ultrathin layer of a ruthenium complex sandwiched between two layers of Prussian blue (PB) nanoparticles was prepared on an ITO electrode using the Langmuir–Blodgett technique. Cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry of the films indicate that the redox state of PB located at the top and bottom layer can be independently controlled using a single working electrode. In this way a mixture of the colors of PB and Prussian yellow could be produced without the necessity for multiple electrodes.
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