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Novel Film‐Casting Method for High‐Performance Flexible Polymer Electrodes
Author(s) -
Lee Byoung Hoon,
Park Sung Heum,
Back Hyungcheol,
Lee Kwanghee
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201000589
Subject(s) - materials science , casting , electrode , transmittance , tape casting , polymer , polyaniline , composite material , sheet resistance , optoelectronics , polymerization , ceramic , layer (electronics) , chemistry
A new film‐casting method for polymer electrodes is reported, in which thickness‐controlled drop‐casting (TCDC), using polyaniline doped with camphorsulfonic acid (PANI:CSA) is used. By combining the advantages of conventional spin‐casting and drop‐casting methods, and by rigorously controlling the film formation parameters, flexible polymer electrodes with high conductivity and excellent transmittance can be produced. The PANI:CSA electrodes cast by the TCDC method exhibited constant thickness‐independent conductivities of ∼600 S cm −1 down to a film thickness of 0.2 μm, and a high optical transmittance of about 85% at 550 nm. Furthermore, the new casting method significantly reduced the sheet resistance (∼90 Ω/square) of the PANI:CSA electrodes compared with the conventional spin‐cast films, enhancing the performance of the devices deposited on plastic substrates. The flexible polymer light‐emitting diode produced a brightness of 6000 cd m −2 , and the flexible polymer solar cell exhibited a power conversion efficiency of 2%, both of which were much higher than those of the devices fabricated by the conventional spin‐casting method.