A comparative assessment of surface microstructure and electrical conductivity dependence on co-solvent addition in spin coated and inkjet printed poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulphonate (PEDOT:PSS)

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-418

  Wilson, Peter ^a   Lekakou, Constantina ^a   Watts, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFM; Electrical conductivity; Inkjet printing; PEDOT:PSS; Spin coating; XPS

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COATINGS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INK JET PRINTING; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYSTYRENES; SHEET RESISTANCE; SPIN COATING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE TENSION; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IN-PLANE CONDUCTIVITY; PEDOT:PSS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES; X RAY PHOTON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84855591146     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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