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ITO Replacements: Polymers

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Abstract

Indium tin oxide (ITO) is widely used as electrode in the display industry. This chapter focuses on conductive polymers as ITO replacement. It describes the properties of intrinsically conductive polymers in general and those of the poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) (PEDOT), the most advanced intrinsically conductive polymer (ICP) in terms of conductivity and transparency, in particular. The synthesis of PEDOT is described and its conductivity, transmission, and refractive index are compared to that of ITO. Finally, first examples of PEDOT as ITO replacement are given.

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Abbreviations

AZO:

Aluminum Doped ZnO

EDOT:

Ethylenedioxythiophene

ICP:

Intrinsically Conductive Polymer

ITO:

Indium Tin Oxide

OLED:

Organic Light Emitting Diode

OPV:

Organic Photovoltaic

PEDOT:

Poly-(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)

PET:

Polyethylene Terephthalate

PLED:

Polymer Light Emitting Diode

PSS:

Polystyrenesulfonic Acid

SM-OLED:

Small Molecule Organic Light Emitting Diode

TCO:

Transparent Conductive Oxide

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  1. Heraeus Clevios GmbH, Chempark Leverkusen, 51368, Leverkusen, Germany

    Wilfried Lövenich & Andreas Elschner

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Lövenich, W., Elschner, A. (2012). ITO Replacements: Polymers. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_56

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