A New Composite Structure of PEDOT/PSS: Macro-Separated Layers by a Polyelectrolyte Brush

Keita Yasumoro; Yushi Fujita; Hideki Arimatsu; Takuya Fujima

doi:10.3390/polym12020456

Polymers (Feb 2020)

A New Composite Structure of PEDOT/PSS: Macro-Separated Layers by a Polyelectrolyte Brush

Keita Yasumoro,
Yushi Fujita,
Hideki Arimatsu,
Takuya Fujima

Affiliations

Keita Yasumoro: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan
Yushi Fujita: Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-0082, Japan
Hideki Arimatsu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan
Takuya Fujima: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12020456
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 2
p. 456

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Polyethylene dioxythiophene and polyethylene sulfonic acid (PEDOT/PSS) composite is gathering attention as an organic transparent conductive film material. However, it requires a core-shell structure in which conductive PEDOT is covered with insulating PSS. Providing film formability and a carrier to PEDOT, the PSS shell hinders carrier conduction as an insulating barrier. In this study, we realized that creating a macro-separated PEDOT/PSS composite by using a polyelectrolyte brush substrate and in-situ PEDOT polymerization without the PSS barrier increases durability and conductivity in comparison with commercially available PEDOT/PSS film, achieving a conductivity of 5000−6000 S/cm.

Published in Polymers

ISSN: 2073-4360 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Organic chemistry
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/

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