Research and Application Progress on Dimethyl Sulfoxide Modified Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): Poly(styrenesulfonic acid) Films

doi:10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2020.12.200146

Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2020, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (12): 1343-1356.DOI: 10.11944/j.issn.1000-0518.2020.12.200146

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Research and Application Progress on Dimethyl Sulfoxide Modified Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): Poly(styrenesulfonic acid) Films

YU Jiarui^a, CHEN Shuai^a,b*, XIN Xing^a, XU Jingkun^a*

^aFlexible Electronics Innovation Institute, School of Pharmacy,Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University,Nanchang 330013,China;
^bUniversity of Utah, Nano Institute of Utah,Salt Lake City,Utah 84112,USA

Received:2020-05-15 Revised:2020-06-30 Accepted:2020-08-03 Published:2020-12-01 Online:2020-12-07
Contact: CHEN Shuai, professor; Tel:0791-83823320; E-mail:shuai.chen@utah.edu; Research interests:flexible thin film optoelectronic materials based on PEDOTs and their applications in organic electronics and nanosensors
Co-corresponding author:XU Jingkun, professor; Tel:0791-83823320; E-mail:xujingkun@tsinghua.org.cn; Research interests:preparation of high performance conductive polymer and its application in thermoelectric conversion, electrochromic, biosensors, supercapacitors, etc
Supported by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51863009), China Scholarship Council(No.201808360327), and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi, China(No.20192BAB216012)

Abstract

Abstract: Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), known as a “universal solvent”, is not only used routinely in chemistry, medicine, cosmetics and other fields, but also has its own applications in the field of organic electronics. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS), as a conductive polymer materials with excellent water dispersion, has the advantages of excellent machinability, miscibility, biological compatibility, film-forming property and commercial scale production, and is widely used in antistatic coating, organic solar cells, biological sensors, and other areas of the new materials and green energy. DMSO plays an important role in regulating the properties of PEDOT:PSS films, such as morphology, conductivity, thermoelectricity, power function, interface contact, mechanics, and self-healing. Based on the research results of our team, other domestic and foreign scholars in this field, this paper systematically reviewed the effect and mechanism of DMSO on PEDOT and its derivative:PSS (PEDOTs:PSS), and discussed the problems and challenges in the application.

Key words: dimethyl sulfoxide, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonic acid), conducting polymer, organic electronics, green energy

CLC Number:

O633.5

YU Jiarui, CHEN Shuai, XIN Xing, XU Jingkun. Research and Application Progress on Dimethyl Sulfoxide Modified Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): Poly(styrenesulfonic acid) Films[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry, 2020, 37(12): 1343-1356.

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