Electrical and optical properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) oxidized with poly(4-styrenesulfonate) and AuCl3-doped reduced graphene oxide/single-walled carbon nanotube films for ultraviolet light-emitting diodes

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2014 Dec;14(12):9114-8. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2014.10093.

Abstract

We report the effects of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) oxidized with poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (

Pedot: PSS) and gold chloride (AuCl) co-doping on the electrical and optical properties of reduced graphene oxide (RGO)/single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) films fabricated by dipcoating methods. The RGO/SWNT films were doped with both AuCl3 dissolved in nitromethane and

Pedot: PSS hole injection layers by spin coating to improve their electrical properties by increasing the work function of the RGO/SWNT films, thereby reducing the Schottky barrier height between the RGO/SWNT and p-GaN films. As a result, we obtained a reduced sheet resistance of 851.9 Ω/Ω and a contact resistance of 1.97 x 10(-1) Ω x cm2, together with a high transmittance of 84.1% at 380 nm. The contact resistance of these films should be further reduced to fully utilize the feature of the electrode scheme proposed in this work, but the current result suggests its potential use as a transparent conductive electrode for ultraviolet light-emitting diodes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / chemistry*
  • Gold Compounds / chemistry*
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanotubes, Carbon*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxides / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Sulfonic Acids / chemistry*
  • Ultraviolet Rays*

Substances

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
  • Gold Compounds
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Oxides
  • Polymers
  • Sulfonic Acids
  • poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene)
  • gold chloride
  • Graphite
  • styrenesulfonic acid polymer