Tuned Transport Behavior of the IPA-Treated PEDOT:PSS Flexible Temperature Sensor via Screen Printing

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A flexible temperature sensor based on poly-(3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) with isopropyl alcohol (IPA) treatment is successfully fabricated by screen printing. The distribution of PEDOT is investigated by the SEM, AFM, and Raman techniques. It can be found that the microstructure is manipulated by the ratio of the PEDOT:PSS to IPA content. Raman spectra demonstrate that the transition between quinoid and benzoid structures of PEDOT are tuned by IPA treatment as well. The temperature dependence of resistance for IPA-treated PEDOT:PSS film is found to be well fitted by non-adiabatic small polaron hopping transport. Moreover, a constant temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) value can be obtained by the optimized ratio of IPA to PEDOT:PSS. Therefore, this paper suggests that the tuned microstructure of PEDOT:PSS film can be realized by IPA treatment, which plays an important role in the physical properties of the temperature sensor based on PEDOT:PSS.

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The authors gratefully appreciate financial support offered by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51371129 and 11174226).

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  1. School of Printing and Packaging, Wuhan University, Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430072, People’s Republic of China

    Zhangming Liu, Linhui Wu, Jun Qian, Jinhua Peng, Rui Liu, Yuan Xu & Shuangli Ye

  2. Electronic information school, Wuhan University, Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430072, People’s Republic of China

    Xinzhi Shi & Chang Qi

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Liu, Z., Wu, L., Qian, J. et al. Tuned Transport Behavior of the IPA-Treated PEDOT:PSS Flexible Temperature Sensor via Screen Printing. Journal of Elec Materi (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-021-08740-y

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Keywords

  • Flexible temperature sensor
  • screen printing
  • IPA-treated PEDOT:PSS
  • temperature coefficient of resistance
  • small polaron hopping