Fabrication Method for Spin-Coating ITO-Competitive PEDOT:PSS onto PVDF Film

This paper shows a four-order reduction of magnitude in sheet resistance for spin-coating poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) onto polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film for a final sheet resistance comparable to commercially available indium tin oxide- (ITO-) coated PVDF...

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Main Authors: Luke Johnson, Jessica Staker, Stephen Warren, Kyle Schvaneveldt, Quinn Hunsaker, Annie Laughlin, Daniel Smalley
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-01-01
Series:International Journal of Polymer Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/6726920
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Jessica Staker
Stephen Warren
Kyle Schvaneveldt
Quinn Hunsaker
Annie Laughlin
Daniel Smalley
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description This paper shows a four-order reduction of magnitude in sheet resistance for spin-coating poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) onto polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film for a final sheet resistance comparable to commercially available indium tin oxide- (ITO-) coated PVDF film. The resulting PEDOT:PSS transparency is 10% less than the transparency for ITO:PVDF. This is done by the combination of four techniques from the literature including (i) varying layers, (ii) plasma etching, (iii) post-treatment submersion in an ethylene glycol (EG) bath, and (iv) adding EG and a surfactant to the PEDOT:PSS solution. The PEDOT:PSS sheet resistance falls from over 3 megaohms/sq to between 600 and 150 ohms/sq depending on the number of layers. The one-layer sample has a sheet resistance of 600 ohms/sq and an optical transparency of about 76%, and the five-layer sample has a sheet resistance of 150 ohms/sq and an optical transparency of about 50%. These results reported here make PEDOT:PSS an attractive option for transparent piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) array applications.
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spelling doaj-art-bb6bcda331b34eabb4ff04695dc9477f2025-08-20T03:22:53ZengWileyInternational Journal of Polymer Science1687-94302024-01-01202410.1155/2024/6726920Fabrication Method for Spin-Coating ITO-Competitive PEDOT:PSS onto PVDF FilmLuke Johnson0Jessica Staker1Stephen Warren2Kyle Schvaneveldt3Quinn Hunsaker4Annie Laughlin5Daniel Smalley6Electro-holography Lab.Electro-holography Lab.Electro-holography Lab.Electro-holography Lab.Electro-holography Lab.Electro-holography Lab.Electro-holography Lab.This paper shows a four-order reduction of magnitude in sheet resistance for spin-coating poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) onto polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film for a final sheet resistance comparable to commercially available indium tin oxide- (ITO-) coated PVDF film. The resulting PEDOT:PSS transparency is 10% less than the transparency for ITO:PVDF. This is done by the combination of four techniques from the literature including (i) varying layers, (ii) plasma etching, (iii) post-treatment submersion in an ethylene glycol (EG) bath, and (iv) adding EG and a surfactant to the PEDOT:PSS solution. The PEDOT:PSS sheet resistance falls from over 3 megaohms/sq to between 600 and 150 ohms/sq depending on the number of layers. The one-layer sample has a sheet resistance of 600 ohms/sq and an optical transparency of about 76%, and the five-layer sample has a sheet resistance of 150 ohms/sq and an optical transparency of about 50%. These results reported here make PEDOT:PSS an attractive option for transparent piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) array applications.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/6726920
spellingShingle Luke Johnson
Jessica Staker
Stephen Warren
Kyle Schvaneveldt
Quinn Hunsaker
Annie Laughlin
Daniel Smalley
Fabrication Method for Spin-Coating ITO-Competitive PEDOT:PSS onto PVDF Film
International Journal of Polymer Science
title Fabrication Method for Spin-Coating ITO-Competitive PEDOT:PSS onto PVDF Film
title_full Fabrication Method for Spin-Coating ITO-Competitive PEDOT:PSS onto PVDF Film
title_fullStr Fabrication Method for Spin-Coating ITO-Competitive PEDOT:PSS onto PVDF Film
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication Method for Spin-Coating ITO-Competitive PEDOT:PSS onto PVDF Film
title_short Fabrication Method for Spin-Coating ITO-Competitive PEDOT:PSS onto PVDF Film
title_sort fabrication method for spin coating ito competitive pedot pss onto pvdf film
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/6726920
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