Copolymeric films obtained by electropolymerization of porphyrins and dipyridyl-spacers including Dawson-type polyoxometalates

This paper reports the formation of hybrid polyoxometalate-porphyrin copolymeric films obtained by the electro-oxidation of zinc-β-octaethylporphyrin (ZnOEP) in the presence of a functionalized Dawson-type polyoxometalate bearing two pyridyl groups (POMdbme3,3, Py-POM-Py) which will be compared to the copolymer obtained from ZnOEP and a dipyridyl compound without POM (ibme3,3). The resulting film has been characterized by UV-visible absorption spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance was employed to investigate the poly-porphyrin-POMs deposition mass. Graphical Abstract