PMID- 19606341 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20090922 LR - 20090716 IS - 1463-9076 (Print) IS - 1463-9076 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 29 DP - 2009 Aug 7 TI - In situ FTIR spectroelectrochemical characterization of n- and p-dopable phenyl-substituted polythiophenes. PG - 6283-8 LID - 10.1039/b905499p [doi] AB - In situ attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroelectrochemistry during oxidation (p-doping) and reduction (n-doping) of three phenyl-substituted polythiophenes, namely POPT, PEOPT and POMeOPT is presented. All the three phenyl substituted polythiophenes show both n- and p-doping. The infrared active vibration (IRAV) patterns obtained during electrochemical oxidation (p-doping) and reduction (n-doping) are compared. HOMO and LUMO energy levels are estimated from cyclic voltammetric experiments and from IRAV patterns during oxidation and reduction. A comparison shows that the standard graphical procedure to determine the onset of oxidation and reduction peaks in the cyclic voltammogram can be improved using in situ spectroscopy. FAU - Yohannes, Teketel AU - Yohannes T AD - Chemistry Department, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. tekeyoha@chem.aau.edu.et FAU - Lattante, Sandro AU - Lattante S FAU - Neugebauer, Helmut AU - Neugebauer H FAU - Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar AU - Sariciftci NS FAU - Andersson, Mats AU - Andersson M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090521 PL - England TA - Phys Chem Chem Phys JT - Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP JID - 100888160 EDAT- 2009/07/17 09:00 MHDA- 2009/07/17 09:01 CRDT- 2009/07/17 09:00 PHST- 2009/07/17 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/07/17 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/07/17 09:01 [medline] AID - 10.1039/b905499p [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2009 Aug 7;11(29):6283-8. doi: 10.1039/b905499p. Epub 2009 May 21.