Beyond acid treatment of PEDOT:PSS: decoding mechanisms of electrical conductivity enhancement
Hatef Yousefian, Seyed Alireza Hashemi, Amin Babaei‐Ghazvini, Bishnu Acharya, Ahmadreza Ghaffarkhah, Mohammad Arjmand
Abstract
Coupling the acid post-treatment and hot-pressing processes can exponentially improve the electrical conductivity of PEDOT:PSS (3360 S cm −1 ) by providing a densely packed and well-ordered structure of PEDOT lamella along the edge-on direction.
Topics & Concepts
PEDOT:PSSLamella (surface anatomy)ConductivityMaterials scienceElectrical resistivity and conductivityCoupling (piping)Chemical engineeringProtonationEnhanced Data Rates for GSM EvolutionChemical physicsOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyComposite materialChemistryComputer scienceLayer (electronics)IonPhysical chemistryElectrical engineeringOrganic chemistryTelecommunicationsEngineeringConducting polymers and applicationsAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies