Modelling electrochemical control of percolation conductivity in short-chain templated conducting polymers

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 200, Issue , 2015, Pages 156-163

  McGarry, Steven P ^a   Barrera Ramirez, Eduardo A ^a   Tarr, N Garry ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymer; Electro ionic; Electrochemical; PEDOT:PSS; Percolation; Screen printing

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLYELECTROLYTES; SCREEN PRINTING; SOLVENTS;

CONDUCTION PROPERTIES; ELECTRO-IONIC; ELECTROCHEMICAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL CONTROL; HOPPING TRANSPORT; MATERIAL CONDUCTIVITIES; PEDOT:PSS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84921389809     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2014.12.017     Document Type: Article

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