Conductive polymer films by reticulate doping with mixed valence polyiodides: comparison of three methods of preparation

Autor: Adam Tracz, Marian Kryszewski, M Veber, H Strzelecka, J K Jeszkat, C. Jallabert
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 26:680-685
ISSN: 1361-6463
0022-3727
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/26/4/022
Popis: A new class of organic conductors, mixed valence DIPS Phi 4 polyiodides, have been used as conductive additives in reticulate doping of polymers. Conductive films have been prepared using three modifications of the reticulate doping technique: a standard one-step method (direct casting), a two-step method consisting of swelling the film containing molecularly dispersed DIPS Phi 4 polyiodides, and a recently developed method in which oxidation of molecularly dispersed DIPS Phi 4 and simultaneous crystallization of its polyiodides in situ is induced by treatment of the pristine film containing the donor with I2/CH2CI2 vapours. The first and the third methods have been found to be the most advantageous. Conductive films with additive concentrations as low as 0.5 wt.% and conductivities of the order of 10-3 S cm-1 were obtained. In all three methods, the best results have been obtained when the conductive network consisted of the most conducting DIPS Phi 4, 2.281 salt.
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