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Vapor Phase Deposition of Electroactive Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) onto Electrospun Commodity Polymer Nanofibers
Published on: March 7, 2025
Macroporous conductive polymer films fabricated by electrospun nanofiber templates and their electromechanical
Jian Zhou1, Qiang Gao, Tadashi Fukawa
1Department of Functional Polymer Science, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda 386-8567, Japan.
Abstract:
We demonstrate a facile method to fabricate macroporous poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly (4-styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS) films with empty channels by using electrospun nanofiber as a sacrificial template. The channels within the PEDOT/PSS films were prepared by depositing PEDOT/PSS aqueous dispersion onto poly (vinyl pyrrolidone)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PVP/PMMA) nanofiber template, and then the nanofibers were removed by solvent extraction. The average diameter of the channels is 313±45 nm, which is almost the same as the parent PVP/PMMA nanofibers. The macroporous PEDOT/PSS film with the empty channels showed an enhancement of electromechanical properties compared to the nonporous PEDOT/PSS film.
