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Conductive Polymer Bilayers – A Spectroelectrochemical Look at Their Doping Reactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2011

Henrik Gustafsson
Affiliation:
Process Chemistry Centre/Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University, Biskopsgatan 8, FI-20500 Åbo-Turku, Finland
Carita Kvarnström
Affiliation:
Turku University Centre for Materials and Surfaces/Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Chemical Analysis/Department of Chemistry, University of Turku, Vatselankatu 2, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
Ari Ivaska
Affiliation:
Process Chemistry Centre/Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University, Biskopsgatan 8, FI-20500 Åbo-Turku, Finland
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Abstract

The doping behavior of bilayers of electropolymerized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with hexafluorophosphate and drop-cast poly(benzobisimidazobenzophenanthroline) was studied with cyclic voltammetry, and with in situ ultraviolet-visible and attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The spectroelectrochemical characterization of the polymer bilayers provided us with fundamental information of the properties of the materials, information being essential in order to be able to use the conducting polymers in future real-life applications, e.g., as organic semiconducting components.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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