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The Organic Chemistry of Conducting Polymers
| Content Provider | United States Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV) |
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| Author | Tolbert, Laren Malcolm |
| Organization | Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States) |
| Abstract | For the last several years, we have examined the fundamental principles of conduction in one-dimensional systems, i.e., molecular “wires”. It is, of course, widely recognized that such systems, as components of electronically conductive materials, function in a two- and three-dimensional milieu. Thus interchain hopping and grain-boundary resistivity are limiting conductivity factors in highly conductive materials, and overall conductivity is a function of through-chain and boundary hopping. We have given considerable attention to the basic principles underlying charge transport (the “rules of the game”) in two-dimensional systems by using model systems which allow direct observation of such processes, including the examination of tunneling and hopping as components of charge transfer. In related work, we have spent considerable effort on the chemistry of conjugated heteropolymers, most especially polythiophens, with the aim of using these most efficient of readily available electroactive polymers in photovoltaic devices. |
| Sponsorship | USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22) |
| Related Links | https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1165261 |
| Page Count | 17 |
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| DOI | 10.2172/1165261 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-12-01 |
| Publisher Place | United States |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY electroactive conducting polymer soliton polythiophene |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
