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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Dual Roles of PTSA in Electrical Conductivity of PEDOT:PTSA with Large Seebeck Coefficient.

Hideki Arimatsu, Yuki Osada, Ryo Takagi, Yosuke Ohira, Tomoki Hijikata, Takuya Fujima

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Hideki ArimatsuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1663-1814
Yuki OsadaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan.
Ryo TakagiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan.
Yosuke OhiraDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan.
Tomoki HijikataDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan.
Takuya FujimaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo City University, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4626-6010

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The electrical conduction mechanism of PEDOT:PTSA thermoelectric conversion material supported on PET fiber was investigated with varying PTSA concentrations. Raman analysis revealed that an increasing PTSA concentration promoted transformation from a benzoid to a quinoid structure in PEDOT chains, reaching saturation in higher concentrations. All samples exhibited p-type behavior, with Seebeck coefficients ranging from 0.9 to 2.7 mV/K. The temperature dependence of electrical conductivity showed that conductivity and activation energy exhibited extreme values with increasing PTSA concentration, correlating with the saturation of quinoid structure transformation. This behavior suggests that PTSA serves dual roles: at lower concentrations, it enhances electrical conductivity through chemical doping, increasing carrier concentration and mobility via quinoid structure formation; at higher concentrations, excess PTSA induces carrier scattering without contributing to chemical doping, thereby reducing conductivity. These findings indicate that the thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PTSA on PET fiber are governed by the balance between chemical doping effects and carrier scattering mechanisms, which are both influenced by PTSA concentration.

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organic thermoelectric materialsPEDOTPTSAthermoelectric properties

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PMID39942285
PMCPMC11820474

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