Photoactive conducting polymers with light-driven conductivity modulation: dual functionality for simple circuits

We report on light-driven conductivity modulation in highly conductive organic polyaniline films, which exhibit dual functionality as an electrode and an optical-to-electrical signal transducer. The new light-driven conductivity modulation (LCM) agent consists of primary and secondary dopant-mimic g...

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Published in:Journal of materials chemistry. C, Materials for optical and electronic devices Materials for optical and electronic devices, 2016-01, Vol.4 (1), p.1935-1944
Main Authors: Lee, Seung-Chul, Lee, Suck-Hyun, Kwon, O-Pil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conductivity
Electrical conductivity
Electrical resistivity
Light (illumination)
Modulation
Polyanilines
Reagents
Resistivity
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Summary:We report on light-driven conductivity modulation in highly conductive organic polyaniline films, which exhibit dual functionality as an electrode and an optical-to-electrical signal transducer. The new light-driven conductivity modulation (LCM) agent consists of primary and secondary dopant-mimic groups for maintaining the high electrical conductivity of polyaniline. In addition, a push-pull-type azo-stilbene group with a fast photoisomerization rate is incorporated into the LCM agent for reversible photo-induced dipole moment switching and dominant absorption of pump light. The photoactive polyaniline films mixed with the LCM agent maintain a high electrical conductivity of over 10 2 S cm −1 and the electrical conductivity is reversibly modulated in a simple lateral two-electrode structure using sequential ON-OFF illumination of visible light, with a large modulation amplitude of up to roughly 0.8 S cm −1 . The photoactive polyaniline films exhibit high photochemical stability and fast modulation rates without requiring additional erasing light. Therefore, these photoactive, highly conductive polymers with dual functionality are very important potential materials for low-cost optoelectronic devices with a simple device structure. Photoactive conducting polyaniline films mixed with a conductivity modulation agent consisting of dopant-mimic groups and a photo-induced dipole moment switching group, exhibit a large, fast light-driven conductivity modulation with dual functionality.
ISSN:2050-7526
2050-7534
DOI:10.1039/c5tc03493k