A facile chemical reduction approach for effectively tuning thermoelectric properties of PEDOT films

Organic Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 151-158

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

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dedoping; Poly(34 ethylenedioxythiophene); Thermoelectric properties; Vapor phase polymerization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; SEEBECK COEFFICIENT; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

DE-DOPING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM POWER FACTOR; POLY(34-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; VAPOR PHASE POLYMERIZATION;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84919684723     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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