Correlation of Thermoelectric Performance, Domain Morphology and Doping Level in PEDOT:PSS Thin Films Post‐Treated with Ionic Liquids

• Published in: Macromolecular rapid communications. Vol. 42; no. 20; pp. e2100397 - n/a
• Main Authors: Oechsle, Anna Lena, Heger, Julian E., Li, Nian, Yin, Shanshan, Bernstorff, Sigrid, Müller‐Buschbaum, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Atomic force microscopy; Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; Conductivity; Domains; Doping; GISAXS; Ionic Liquids; Ions; Morphology; PEDOT:PSS; Polymers; Polystyrene resins; Polystyrenes; Power factor; Seebeck effect; Spectroscopy; Styrene; thermoelectric thin films; Thermoelectricity; Thin films; GISAXS; ionic liquids; morphology; thermoelectric thin films; PEDOT:PSS
• ISSN: 1022-1336; 1521-3927; 1521-3927
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100397

Ionic liquid (IL) post‐treatment of poly(3,4‐ethylene dioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) thin films with ethyl‐3‐methylimidazolium dicyanamide (EMIM DCA), allyl‐3‐methylimidazolium dicyanamide (AMIM DCA), and 1‐ethyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetracyanoborate (EMIM TCB) is compared. Dopin...