Conjugated polymer blends for faster organic mixed conductors
Micah Barker, Tommaso Nicolini, Yasmina Al Yaman, Damien Thuau, Olga Siscan, Sasikumar Ramachandran, Éric Cloutet, Cyril Brochon, Lee J. Richter, Olivier J. Dautel, Georges Hadziioannou, Natalie Stingelin
Abstract
A model mixed-conducting polymer, blended with an amphiphilic block-copolymer, is shown to yield systems with drastically enhanced electro-chemical doping kinetics, leading to faster electrochemical transistors with a high transduction. Importantly, this approach is robust and reproducible, and should be readily adaptable to other mixed conductors without the need for exhaustive chemical modification.
Topics & Concepts
Conjugated systemMaterials scienceElectrical conductorPolymerConductive polymerChemical engineeringPolymer chemistryNanotechnologyComposite materialEngineeringConducting polymers and applicationsOrganic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsFuel Cells and Related Materials