On the Influence of Silver Nanoparticles Size in the Electrical Conductivity of PEDOT: PSS

Abstract:

In this paper, we studied the influence of the silver nanoparticles size on the electrical conductivity of PEDOT:PSS in Ag(PEDOT:PSS) films. The silver nanoparticles were synthesized in presence of PEDOT:PSS by varying the molar ratio between AgNO3 and the reducing agent (NaBH4). Both the particle size determined by TEM and the plasmon band obtained by UV-Vis spectroscopy were found to be strongly dependent on the reducing agent concentration. The electrical conductivity increases inversely with the concentration of reducing agent from 5.24 x 10-4 up to 1.63 S/cm; three orders of magnitude higher than pristine PEDOT:PSS.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 644)
• Pages: 85-90
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.644.85
• Online since: March 2010
• Authors: Rebeca G. Melendez, Karla J. Moreno, Ivana Moggio, Eduardo Arias, Arturo Ponce, Irantzu Llanera, Sergio E. Moya

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