Abstract
The conductivity of poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) was improved by pressing the PEDOT:PSS thin film using roll to plate system. PEDOT:PSS thin film was deposited on polyethylene terephthalate using electrohydrodynamics atomization technique. The physico-chemical properties of the pressed thin film at different loads were compared with an un-pressed sample. The electrical properties show that the film conductivity has been increased by four times. An optimized pressing load was found to have good conductivity and transmittance of the thin film. A hybrid device (PEDOT:PSS/F8BT/ZnO/Ag) was fabricated using layer by layer method with PEDOT:PSS as anode. The
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characterization showed that the device with pressed PEDOT:PSS showed higher current densities. The results give a promising future of PEDOT:PSS in electronics device applications using printed electronics techniques.