Spectroscopic, electrochemical, and microgravimetric studies on palladium phthalocyanine films

Abstract

The optical properties of palladium phthalocyanine in dimethylformamide, toluene, acetonitrile, and dichloromethane solutions were studied in the visible range of energy. Palladium phthalocyanine in organic medium presented itself as a mixture of monomeric and dimeric species in equilibrium, and it was only in dichloromethane that the monomeric, non-aggregated form predominated. Palladium phthalocyanine films were prepared by casting, and studied by cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry. The films showed an electrochromic response from blue to purple, and stability that depended on the applied potential. Electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance experiments indicated that the film exfoliates into solution after applying high values of final potentials. Raman spectroscopy was used to structurally characterize the palladium phthalocyanine film, which showed a central metal with +2 oxidation state that is not affected even when the film is oxidized.