Morphology and Doping Level of Electropolymerized Biselenophene-Flanked 3,4- Ethylenedioxythiophene Polymer: Effect of Solvents and Electrolytes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 192, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-60

  Agrawal, Vikash ^a,b   Shahjad, ^a,b   Bhardwaj, Dinesh ^a,b   Bhargav, Ranoo ^a,b   Sharma, Gauri Datt ^a   Bhardwaj, Ramil Kumar ^a   Patra, Asit ^a,b   Chand, Suresh ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Biselenophene flanked EDOT; Computational; Electropolymerization; Morphology Doping dedoping; Optoelectronic properties

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTATION THEORY; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DICHLOROMETHANE; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; ENERGY GAP; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLVENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

3 ,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE (EDOT); 3 ,4- ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; BISELENOPHENE-FLANKED EDOT; COMPUTATIONAL; DE-DOPING; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; POLY(3 ,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) (PEDOT); POLYMERIZATION CONDITIONS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84956890650     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.01.157     Document Type: Article

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