Characterization of Solvent-Treated PEDOT:PSS Thin Films with Enhanced Conductivities
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Institute of Organic and Polymeric Materials, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
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Research and Development Center for Smart Textile Technology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 10608, Taiwan
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Polymers 2019, 11(1), 134; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11010134
Received: 11 December 2018
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Revised: 9 January 2019
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Accepted: 11 January 2019
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Published: 14 January 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synthesis and Application of Conjugated Polymers)
The conducting polymer of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) is one of the most important and intensively investigated organic conducting materials. The PEDOT:PSS water dispersions with various concentrations of poly (4-styrenesulfonic acid) solution (PSSAS) were synthesized by 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) in the presence of water. The fabrication of the solvent-treated PEDOT:PSS films through spin coating and solvent treatment processes was achieved with a solvent of pure water mixed with acetone (or MeOH, EtOH) in a ratio of 50:50. Moreover, both the organic solvent and water have synergetic effects while the PSS and PEDOT-attached PSS segments will form a coil-like and a linear (or extended-coil) structure, respectively. That may induce a stacking of the linear and planar PEDOT-attached PSS segments, which favors the formation of a crystalline phase. Finally, the maximum electrical conductivity of the PEDOT:PSS thin films with solvent treatment was investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images. Furthermore, we aimed to explain the synergetic effects of phase separation of the PEDOT:PSS thin films by both the organic solvent and water.
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Rwei, S.-P.; Lee, Y.-H.; Shiu, J.-W.; Sasikumar, R.; Shyr, U.-T. Characterization of Solvent-Treated PEDOT:PSS Thin Films with Enhanced Conductivities. Polymers 2019, 11, 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11010134
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Rwei S-P, Lee Y-H, Shiu J-W, Sasikumar R, Shyr U-T. Characterization of Solvent-Treated PEDOT:PSS Thin Films with Enhanced Conductivities. Polymers. 2019; 11(1):134. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11010134
Chicago/Turabian StyleRwei, Syang-Peng, Yi-Huan Lee, Jia-Wei Shiu, Ragu Sasikumar, and Uin-Ting Shyr. 2019. "Characterization of Solvent-Treated PEDOT:PSS Thin Films with Enhanced Conductivities" Polymers 11, no. 1: 134. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11010134
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