Improvement of electrical conductivity of PEDOT:PSS films by 2-Methylimidazole post treatment

Organic Electronics

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-75

  Saghaei, Jaber ^a   Fallahzadeh, Ali ^a   Yousefi, Mohammad Hassan ^a  

^a MALEK ASHTAR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

2 Methylimidazole post treatment; PEDOT:PSS; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; STYRENE; THIN FILMS;

CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POST TREATMENT;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84922740560     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2015.01.026     Document Type: Article

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