Journal article
Polymerization of Solid-State 2,2 '-Bithiophene Thin Film or Doped in Cellulose Paper Using DBD Plasma and Its Applications in Paper-Based Electronics
ACS applied polymer materials, v 2(4), pp 1518-1527
01 Apr 2020
Abstract
We present a method to prepare a conductive paper hybrid based on the polymerization of bithiophene monomer directly from the solid state of 2,2'-bithiophene inside a sheet of standard letter paper using atmospheric plasma since both the monomers and some plasma species, such as radicals, can penetrate into the paper. Polymerization of a 2,2'-bithiophene in its solid form using plasma offers a simple and straightforward way to synthesize a conductive polymer. To understand the polymerization reaction in atmospheric plasma, the formation of polythiophene on substrates and the reaction mechanism were investigated with Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectroscopy. The kinetics of the polymerization reaction was investigated by using UV-vis, and the rate of polymerization was found to be the second-order reaction. The resulting polymer film exhibited a conductivity of 6.67 S/cm when I-2 was doped in the film. The polymerization 3,3'-dibromo-2,2'-bithiophene to poly(3,3'-dibromo-2,2'-bithiophene) was also studied for comparison. The described process provides a universal yet effective method of preparing conductive polythiophene films and polythiophene inside a sheet of paper. Three devices based on the synthesized conductive paper were also presented in this work.
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- Title
- Polymerization of Solid-State 2,2 '-Bithiophene Thin Film or Doped in Cellulose Paper Using DBD Plasma and Its Applications in Paper-Based Electronics
- Creators
- Ketao Chen - Drexel UniversityMeijuan Cao - Drexel UniversityZhen Quo - Drexel Univ, Dept Chem, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USALin He - Drexel UniversityYen Wei - Tsinghua UniversityHai-Feng Ji - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- ACS applied polymer materials, v 2(4), pp 1518-1527
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society; Washington, DC
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- 21706016 / Youth Projects of National Natural Science of China Ea201603 / BIGC Key Project BIGC Talent Project General Science and Technology Project of Beijing Education Commission
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000526391500013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85096628662
- Other Identifier
- 991019169801904721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Polymer Science