Enhanced thermoelectric properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin films treated with H2SO4

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3087-3095

  Wang, Jiao ^a   Cai, Kefeng ^a   Shen, Shirley ^b  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Film; Poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene); Thermoelectric properties; Vapor phase polymerization

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHAINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; FILMS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COMBINED EFFECT; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; VAPOR PHASE POLYMERIZATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84907194508     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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