PEDOT as an alignment layer and electrode in AFLC devices

PEDOT [Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly (styrenesulfonate)] is a material typically used organic light emission displays (OLEDs) manufactured as a conductor, or rather, as a hole injector. In this paper, three different issues have been studied: the use of rubbed PEDOT as alignment layer, the resistivity of the applied PEDOT layers, i.e., its potential as a replacement of ITO electrodes, and the induction of asymmetry in the electro-optical response of liquid crystal cells by assembling the display with dissimilar coated aligning surfaces — PEDOT on one side and buffed nylon on the counter electrode     

导电高分子PEDOT/PSS保护银纳米颗粒的制备与表征

利用导电高分子聚(3,4-二氧乙基噻吩)/聚(对苯乙烯磺酸)(PEDOT/PSS)作保护剂,制备了银纳米颗粒,用UV-Vis和TEM对其进行了表征.结果表明,选择合适量的PEDOT/PSS保护剂可以得到大小分布较窄银纳米颗粒.     

Effects of different formulation PEDOT:PSS hole transport layers on photovoltaic performance of organic solar cells

In this study, the effects of the various types of PEDOT:PSS with different conductivities on the photovoltaic parameters of organic solar cells were investigated. The performances of five various commercially available PEDOT:PSS with formulations such as FET, PT2, PH1000, PH500 and PH were compared. It was observed that the device employing PH1000 as an interlayer between ITO and the active layer exhibited the highest photovoltaic performance as compared to other devices with FET, PT2, PH500 and PH. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ion‐selective Electrodes with 3D Nanostructured Conducting Polymer Solid Contact

Until now both ion‐to‐electron transducers as well as large surface area nanostructured conducting materials were successfully used as solid contacts for polymer‐based ion‐selective electrodes. We were interested to explore the combination of these two approaches by fabricating ordered electrically conducting polymer (ECP) nanostructures using 3D nanosphere lithography and electrosynthesis to provide a high surface area and capacitive interface for solid contact ion‐selective electrodes (SC‐ISEs). For these studies we used poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT(PSS)) films with 750 nm diameter interconnected pores as the intermediate layer between a glassy carbon electrode and a Ag⁺ ‐selective polymeric membrane. We also investigated the feasibility of loading the voids created in the polymer film with a lipophilic redox mediator (1,1’‐dimethylferrocene) to provide the respective ISEs with well‐defined/controllable E⁰ values. These expectations were fulfilled as the standard deviation of E⁰ values were reduced with almost an order of magnitude for 3D nanostructured SC‐ISEs filled with the redox mediator as compared to their redox mediator‐free analogs. The detrimental effect of the redox mediator extraction into the plasticized PVC‐based ion‐selective membrane (ISM) was efficiently suppressed by replacing the PVC‐based ISMs with a low diffusivity silicone rubber matrix.     

PSS用作高能量分辨率微量元素分析的可行性研究

在同步光源上,用PSS进行了高能量分辨率元素分析的可行性研究.其结果是:对含Ti和Cu的薄样品,绝对检测量可达10^－10g级;对轻基体样品,Cr的探测限可达1—10ppm;并且在含Cr的均匀液体样品中Cr峰面积积分净计数与其含量有良好的正比关系.这些结果表明,PSS可作为高能量分辨率元素分析的有用工具.     

In-situ characterization of electrochromism based on ITO/PEDOT:PSS towards preparation of high performance device

Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)(PEDOT:PSS) is usually sandwiched between indium tin oxide(ITO) and a functional polymer in order to improve the performance of the device. However, because of the strong acidic nature of PEDOT:PSS, the instability of the ITO/PEDOT:PSS interface is also observed. The mechanism of degradation of the device remains is unclear and needs to be further studied. In this article, we investigate the in-situ electrochromism of PEDOT:PSS to disclose the cause of the degradation. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) was used to characterize the PEDOT:PSS films, as well as the PEDOT:PSS plus polyethylene glycol(PEG) films with and without indium ions. The electrochromic devices(ECD) based on PEDOT:PSS and PEG with and without indium ions are carried out by in-situ micro-Raman and laser reflective measurement(LRM). For comparison, ECD based on PEDOT:PSS and PEG films with LiCl, KCl, NaCl or InCl_3 are also investigated by LRM. The results show that PEDOT:PSS is further reduced when negatively biased, and oxidized when positively biased. This could identify that PEDOT:PSS with indium ions from PEDOT:PSS etching ITO will lose dopants when negatively biased. The LRM shows that the device with indium ions has a stronger effect on the reduction property of PEDOT:PSS-PEG film than the device without indium ions. The contrast of the former device is 44%, that of the latter device is about 3%. The LRM also shows that the contrasts of the device based on PEDOT:PSS+PEG with LiCl, KCl, NaCl, InCl_3 are 30%, 27%, 15%, and 18%, respectively.     

Direct laser interference patterning of poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene)-poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT-PSS) thin films

We have developed a patterning procedure based on selective ablation using interference patterns with ns-laser pulses to fabricate periodic arrays on large areas of poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene)-poly(4-styrene sulfonic acid) (PEDOT-PSS) thin films over a metallic gold–palladium layer. Single pulse laser-ablation experiments were performed to study the ablation characteristics of the thin films as a function of the film thickness. The ablation threshold fluence of the PEDOT-PSS films was found to be dependent on thickness with values ranging from 43 mJ/cm² to 252 mJ/cm². Additionally, fluences at which the PEDOT-PSS films could be ablated without inducing damage in the underlying metallic films were observed (128 mJ/cm² and 402 mJ/cm² for film thicknesses of 70 nm and 825 nm, respectively). Linear periodic arrays with line spacings of 7.82 μm and 13.50 μm were also fabricated. The surface topography of these arrays was analyzed using scanning electron and atomic force microscopy. For thicker polymeric layers, several peeled sub-layers of the conjugated polymer with average thicknesses of about 165–185 nm were observed in the ablation experiments. The size and scale of structures produced by this technique could be suitable for several biomedical applications and devices in which controlling cell adhesion, promoting cell alignment, or improving biocompatibility are important.     

PEDOT:PSS/ZnPc作为有机小分子太阳电池阳极修饰层的研究

采用阳极修饰法构建了基于酞菁铜(CuPc)和碳60(C60)的有机小分子太阳电池,分别研究了酞菁锌(ZnPc)、聚苯乙烯磺酸(PEDOT:PSS)和PEDOT:PSS/ZnPc作为阳极修饰层对该有机太阳电池输出性能的影响,并对三种修饰层的相关机理进行了探讨.结果表明:加入ZnPc修饰层的电池开路电压(Voc)增大,从0.372提高到0.479 V.旋涂PEDOT:PSS的电池短路电流(Jsc)提高,由1.943 mA/cm2提高到3.752 mA/cm2.而以PEDOT:PSS/ZnPc作为阳极修饰的电池Voc和Jsc均有较大的提高,Voc从 0.372 V提高到0.482 V,Jsc从1.943 mA/cm2提高到3.810 mA/ cm2,其转换效率可提高两倍以上.分析认为,ZnPc更有利于阳极空穴的输出,PEDOT:PSS能有效改善ITO表面的平整度的性质是提高太阳电池性能的主要原因.     

Characterization of the PEDOT:PSS/KDP mixture on a flexible substrates and the use in pressure sensing devices

In this work, the mixture poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) with monobasic potassium phosphate (KDP), a piezoelectric salt, was studied as a novel material in the fabrication of a low cost, easy-to-make, flexible pressure sensing device. Firstly a theoretical study was carried out, followed by an experimental study where the mixture PEDOT:PSS and KDP was deposited in a flexible polyester substrate and dried. Afterwards, XRD analysis and impulse voltage measures were performed. The results showed that the KDP does not react chemically with PEDOT:PSS and this mixture acts directly responding to the pressure applied on the sample.     

Efficient Bilayer Electrodes for Photosensitive Organic Heterostructure

The possibility of increasing the photosensitivity of organic heterostructures by using the bilayer transparent ITO electrodes with organic conducting polymer polyaniline, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) complex (PEDOT:PSS) and CuI has been verified experimentally. Photosensitive n-type organic semiconductor N,N′-dimethyl-3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic acid diimide (МРР) and p-type pentacene were chosen as components of these heterostructures. Usage of ITO/PEDOT:PSS bilayer electrodes leads to increasing the photovoltaic sensitivity of these heterostructures by 2–3 orders and by 1–2 orders when using CuI due to decreasing the recombination of excitons and increasing the potential barrier heights on the interface between the organic semiconductor and layers of PEDOT:PSS and CuI.