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Conductive PEDOT:PSS Electrodes in Electrochromic Devices

Tuesday, 30 May 2017: 14:40
Durham (Hilton New Orleans Riverside)
M. De Keersmaecker, A. Lang, A. Ӧsterholm, and J. R. Reynolds (Georgia Institute of Technology)
We present new electrochemical device designs made entirely of electrically conducting polymer electrodes to reversibly switch a magenta colored poly(3,4-propylenedioxy-thiophene) (PProDOT) electrochromic polymer (ECP) film. Thin conductive PEDOT:PSS films have been incorporated as conductive transparent electrodes in solution processable absorptive/transmissive (window type) electrochromic devices making it available for high-throughput processing on a wide range of substrates. Different (in)organic acid and polar solvent post-treatments have been used to tune the conductivity of the blade coated PEDOT:PSS electrodes. We reached a conductivity up to 2000 S cm-1 on different substrates, enough to reversibly switch our ECP film between -1 V and 1 V. We will demonstrate how the structural design, construction, charge-balancing, electrode conductivity and the electrochemical properties of the PProDOT have an influence on the device performance quantified by its contrast, switching speed, bending capabilities and long-term switching stability. We combine our device design with a fundamental study of the electrochemical processes occurring at both electrodes. Using these new designs, we have developed an all-polymer solution processed electrochromic device approaching the characteristics of a device made using inorganic transparent conducting electrodes, e.g. indium tin oxide (ITO), with the added advantage of using flexible and rough substrates.