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Transparent electrodes made from carbon nanotube polyelectrolytes and application to acidic environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Amélie Catheline ,
Francesco Paolucci ,
Giovanni Valenti ,
Philippe Poulin  and
Alain Pénicaud
Amélie Catheline
Affiliation:
CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), UPR 8641, F-33600, Pessac, France; and Université de Bordeaux, CRPP, UPR 8641, F-33600, Pessac, France
Francesco Paolucci
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
Giovanni Valenti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
Philippe Poulin
Affiliation:
CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), UPR 8641, F-33600, Pessac, France, Université de Bordeaux, CRPP, UPR 8641, F-33600, Pessac, France
Alain Pénicaud*
Affiliation:
CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), UPR 8641, F-33600, Pessac, France, Université de Bordeaux, CRPP, UPR 8641, F-33600, Pessac, France
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Carbon nanotube (CNT)-based transparent conducting films (TCFs) have been prepared by filtration of (i) surfactant-based aqueous dispersions and (ii) organic solutions obtained by reductive dissolution of an alkali metal salt of polyelectrolyte nanotubes. Starting from the same source of nanotubes, it is shown that films obtained by the reductive dissolution route present up to one order of magnitude better conductivity for the same transmittance. Light scattering experiments show that the average CNT length is much larger for the reductive dissolution-based organic solutions than for the sonication aided aqueous dispersions. Values of surface resistivity of 200 ohm per square have been obtained for 80% transmittance. Additionally, it is shown that the CNT-based TCFs are undistinguishable from indium tin oxide (ITO) as electrodes in regular environments, whereas they perform efficiently in acidic environments where ITO fails.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 30 , Issue 13 , 14 July 2015 , pp. 2009 - 2017
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