Widely variable Seebeck coefficient and enhanced thermoelectric power of PEDOT:PSS films by blending thermal decomposable ammonium formate

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2159-2164

  Tsai, Tsung Che ^a   Chang, Hsiu Cheng ^a   Chen, Chun Hua ^a   Whang, Wha Tzong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonium formate; PEDOT:PSS; Seebeck coefficient; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

AMMONIUM FORMATE; DOPING CONCENTRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HALL MEASUREMENTS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATION;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 80053646357     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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