A facile dedoping approach for effectively tuning thermoelectricity and acidity of PEDOT:PSS films

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 641-645

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

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dedoping; Organic thermoelectric; pH Tuning

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CURVE FITTING; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PH; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; THERMOELECTRICITY; TUNING;

DE-DOPING; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC THERMOELECTRIC; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POWER FACTORS; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84892766909     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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