Investigation of the Thermoelectric Power Factor of KOH-Treated PEDOT:PSS Dispersions for Printing Applications

Energy Harvesting and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 101-111

  Stepien, Lukas ^a   Roch, Aljoscha ^a   Schlaier, Sarah ^a   Dani, Ines ^a   Kiriy, Anton ^b   Simon, Frank ^b   Lukowicz, Marian V ^c   Leyens, Christoph ^a,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MATERIAL AND BEAM TECHNOLOGY IWS   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

base; de doping; flexible; intrinsically conducting polymer; PEDOT:PSS; pH value; power factor; printing; thermoelectric generator

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

BASE; DE-DOPING; FLEXIBLE; INTRINSICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMER; PEDOT/PSS; PH VALUE; POWER FACTORS; POWER OUTPUT; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER FACTORS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 85126443722     PISSN: 23298774     EISSN: 23298766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ehs-2014-0060     Document Type: Article

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