Synthesis of poly(3, 4 ethylenedioxythiophene) nano structure using reverse microemulsion polymerization

Abstract

Conducting polymers have received great attention for the development of organic electronic devices such as displays, electrochromic devices, sensors, solar cells etc because of their low band gap, good environ- mental stability, ease of synthesis, and good processability [1-4]. Among them, PEDOT has proven interesting proper- ties particularly due to its optical transparency in its con- ducting state, moderate band gap and low redox potential. PEDOT has been widely used in molecular electronic ap- plications [5, 6]. One of the important issues in electronic devices is the poor charge-transport rate due to slow diffu- sion of counter ions into/out of the conductive polymer film during redox processes