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Original Articles

A Comparison Study of Microwave and Radio Frequency Plasma Polymerized PEDOT Thin Films

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Pages 124-129 | Received 01 Jul 2014, Published online: 14 Jan 2015
 

Abstract

PEDOT films were deposited by microwave (MW) and radio frequency (RF) plasma in a medium pressure of 0.02 Torr without precursor. In-situ optical emission spectroscopy (OES) measurement was carried out to determine plasma phase and to adjust discharge parameters. The other spectroscopic methods were used to characterize deposited thin films and to compare the effect of discharge parameters on the process. Conductivity values were found to be around up to 10−5 S/cm for MW plasma, and 10−8 S/cm for RF plasma deposited PEDOT films, without the addition of a doping agent. It was found that both plasma polymerization methods resulted in crosslinked PEDOT structures.

Funding

The authors would like to acknowledge the TUBITAK/TEYDEB (9100036) and Suleyman Demirel University Fund (Project number: 3599D213) that financially supported this work.

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