TRANSPARENT CARBON NANOTUBE/POLY (3, 4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) COMPOSITE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS

    Authors

    J. H. Zou; B. Tran; Q. Huo;L. Zhai

    Abstract

    A highly stable and processable aqueous dispersion of multi-wall carbon nanotube/poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) composite was synthesized through the polymerization of 3, 4-ehtylenedioxythiophene on the surfaces of polystyrene sulfonic acid dispersed carbon nanotubes. Transparent and conductive composite thin films were built on both glass and poly (ethylene terephthalate) substrates through spin-coating. The composite thin films show low surface resistance with uniform and high transmittance in the visible light range. Furthermore, the surface resistance can be tuned by changing carbon nanotube content in the composite for different technical applications.

    Journal Title

    Soft Materials

    Volume

    7

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    First Page

    355

    Last Page

    365

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000272481400009

    ISSN

    1539-445X

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