A high-performance p-doped conducting polymer blend based on sulfonated polyalkoxythiophene and poly(4-hydroxystyrene)

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4724-4730

  Belaineh, Dagmawi ^a   Png, Rui Qi ^a   McGuiness, Christine L ^b   Mathai, Mathew ^b   Seshadri, Venkataramanan ^b   Ho, Peter K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Plextronics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ESTERIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC CONDUCTION IN SOLIDS; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOSPHORUS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY;

ELECTRICAL DEGRADATION; ESTERIFICATION REACTIONS; FADING CHARACTERISTICS; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; POLY(4-HYDROXYSTYRENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONIC ACID); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84906682107     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm5012229     Document Type: Article

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