Morphology, conductivity, and wetting characteristics of PEDOT:PSS thin films deposited by spin and spray coating

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 338, Issue , 2015, Pages 163-177

  Zabihi, F ^a   Xie, Y ^a   Gao, S ^a   Eslamian, M ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conductive and transparent PEDOT:PSS films; Dewetting; Organic electronics; Organic solar cells; Spin coating; Spray coating

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; COATINGS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; SCALABILITY; SOLAR CELLS; SPIN COATING; SUBSTRATES; WETTING;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DE-WETTING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PEDOT:PSS; PRECURSOR SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SPRAY COATING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84925447145     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.02.128     Document Type: Article

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