Conductivity, work function, and environmental stability of PEDOT:PSS thin films treated with sorbitol

Organic Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 727-734

  Nardes, A M ^a   Kemerink, M ^a   de Kok, M M ^b   Vinken, E ^a   Maturova, K ^a   Janssen, R A J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conductivity; PEDOT:PSS; Scanning Kelvin probe microscopy; Sorbitol; Water uptake; Work function

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PROBES; STABILITY; WORK FUNCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(4-STYRENESULFONATE); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; SCANNING KELVIN PROBE MICROSCOPY; SORBITOL; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WATER UPTAKE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 49049094606     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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