Solution-processed poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) thin films as transparent conductors: Effect of p-toluenesulfonic acid in dimethyl sulfoxide

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 17792-17803

  Mukherjee, Smita ^a,b   Singh, Rekha ^a   Gopinathan, Sreelekha ^a   Murugan, Sengottaiyan ^a   Gawali, Suhas ^a   Saha, Biswajit ^a   Biswas, Jayeeta ^a   Lodha, Saurabh ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

conductivity enhancement; dye sensitized solar cell; organic acid treatment; PEDOT PSS; transparent conducting polymer

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ETHYLENE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE SEPARATION; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPIN GLASS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIN OXIDES; TRANSPARENCY; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACID TREATMENTS; CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; PEDOT-PSS; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; TRANSPARENCY MEASUREMENT; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84908200373     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504150n     Document Type: Article

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