@article{d203c071281b4a6d8be3354eb0ecd44b,
title = "Improving Optoelectrical Properties of PEDOT: PSS by Organic Additive and Acid Treatment",
abstract = "This article demonstrates the change of structural and optical properties of poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) by organic additive and acid treatment. The addition of sorbitol and maltitol can disperse the micelles of PEDOT: PSS. The mechanism of the bond-breaking reaction was investigated and a model for the bond-breaking reaction is also proposed. Furthermore, multiple formic acid treatments were found to reduce the PSS content of PEDOT: PSS, resulting in an enhancement in conductivity (4.2 × 104 S/m).",
keywords = "acid treatment, haze, organic additive, PEDOT: PSS, sheet resistance",
author = "Lien, {Shui Yang} and Lin, {Po Chen} and Chen, {Wen Ray} and Liu, {Chuan Hsi} and Sze, {Po Wen} and Wang, {Na Fu} and Huang, {Chien Jung}",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: This research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the Republic of China: grant number 110-2221-E-390-019. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",
year = "2022",
month = apr,
doi = "10.3390/cryst12040537",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
journal = "Crystals",
issn = "2073-4352",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "4",
}