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Conducting polymers have found applications in a wide variety of areas,44 45 and many more have been proposed. From an electrochemical perspective, the most important applications46 appear to be in batteries and supercapacitors 47,48 electroanalysis and sensors49-51 electrocatalysis,12,1, 52 display and electrochromic devices,46 and electromechanical actuators.53... 

Electrolytes for Electrochromic Devices Liquids are generally used as electrolytes in electrochemical research, but they are not well suited for practical devices (such as electrochromic displays, fuel cells, etc.) because of problems with evaporation and leakage. For this reason, solid electrolytes with single-ion conductivity are commonly used (e.g., Nafion membranes with proton conductivity. In contrast to fuel cells in electrochromic devices, current densities are much lower, so for the latter application, a high conductivity value is not a necessary requirement for the electrolyte. 

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) is a particularly popular conducting polymer as it can have good conductivity and stability and has a low band gap, which is pertinent to its use in photovoltaic devices. A number of authors have now studied the electrochemical synthesis of this polymer in different ionic liquids. Lu et al. [77] first demonstrated the use of [C4mim][BF4] to electrodeposit PEDOT onto ITO, and its application in an electrochromic numeric display. 

The considerable changes in the optical absorption of CPs during the dopingundoping process are at the basis of many proposals for electrochromical devices, such as smart windows, whose light transmission can be electrically controlled, and various display devices. Due to the drastic change that appears in their visible spectrum, PTh [122-124] and PAni [125] are... 

In general, metal oxides are very common inorganic commodities, widely applied, and display an assortment of unique chemical and physical properties. They are accessible by different techniques including chemical vapor deposition and sol-gel methods. Their technological application extends from super- and semiconducting materials to electrochromic devices, optical filters, protective coatings and solar absorbers ... 

Modifed electrodes have many potential applications. A primaiy interest has been in the area of electrocatalysis. Here, electrodes capable of reducing oxygen to water have been sought for u.se in fuel cells and batteries. Another potential application is in the production of electrochromic devices that change color on oxidation and reduction. Such devices could be used in displays or smtin win-... 

Indium-tin oxide (ITO) is indium oxide doped with tin oxide. Thin films of ITO have commercially valuable properties it is transparent, electrically conducting and reflects IR radiation. Applications of ITO are varied. It is used as a coating material for flat-panel computer displays, for coating architectural glass panels, and in electrochromic devices. Coating motor vehicle and aircraft windscreens and motor vehicle rear windows allows them to be electrically heated for de-icing... 

Electrochromism is a phenomenon displayed by some materials reversibly changing colors. Various materials can be used to construct electrochromic devices, such as transition metal oxides, liquid crystals, photonic crystals, and polymers (Booth and Casey, 2009 Nicoletta et al., 2005 Arsenault et al., 2007 Gamier et al., 1983). Here, we will focus on the electrochromic materials based on polymers. There are several mechanisms to explain the color changes of polymer electrochromic materials like electro-induced oxidation-reduction and electrothermal chromatic transition and so on. 

Flexible electrochromic devices (ECDs) are becoming increasing important for their promising applications in many areas, such as the portable and wearable electronic devices, including smart windows, functional supercapacitors, and flexible displays. Typically, an ECD consists of four parts of substrate, conductive electrode, electrochromic material, and electrolyte. Enormous efforts have been made to improve the flexibility of ECDs including utilizing flexible polymer substrates and conductive materials. 

Differendy linked carbazole derivatives possessing selenophene and pyrene (the latter not covered in this review) moieties were electropoly-merized (14EA430). The electropolymerized polymers displayed unusual properties upon electrochemical doping suggesting their potential use as electroactive layers in electrochromic devices. A typical synthesis of 2,7-diselenophenylcarbazole is shown below. 

Electrochromic displays are simple electrochemical cells with an electrochromic material as one of the electrodes. A potential applied between the anode and cathode, typically less than 5 V, produces the desired color change. Once switched, the current between the anode and cathode diminishes. Most electrochromic displays have a memory (stay switched even if no potential is applied as long as the electronic connection between anode and cathode is broken), many on the order of hours. Thus, they are ideal for low-power applications. Unfortunately, many printed electrochromic devices are relatively slow. Speeding up the device requires a liquid electrolyte, which is difficult to manufacture and encapsulate in an inexpensive device. 

Screen printing allows relatively thick films to be patterned, but lacks the lateral resolution of the other techniques presented. It seems likely that low-resolution OLED [24] and electrochromic matrix displays will be produced with this technique. It may also be used to apply protective (passivation) films to seal devices in order to prevent oxygen and water from reaching the sensitive electroactive films (see Section 4.6). 

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