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Facile Solid‐State Synthesis of Highly Conducting Poly(ethylenedioxythiophene)
Author(s) -
Meng Hong,
Perepichka Dmitrii F.,
Wudl Fred
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200390181
Subject(s) - poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene) , pedot:pss , materials science , conductive polymer , doping , conductivity , bromine , solid state , chemical engineering , polymer , thin film , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , composite material , chemistry , engineering , metallurgy
Gentle heating of crystalline 2,5‐dibromo‐3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene affords a highly conducting, bromine‐doped poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT). The conductivity of the polymer can be further increased by doping with iodine. By using this approach, thin films of PEDOT with a conductivity as high as 20 S cm −1 can be easily fabricated on insulating plastic surfaces (see picture).