SOLID DOPANTS FOR CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING THE SAME USING PLASMA TREATMENT, AND SOLID DOPING METHOD OF CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS
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1. A solid doping method of a conductive polymer using plasma, comprising the processes of:
- synthesizing dopant nanopowder as a solid dopant;
treating the dopant nanopowder with plasma; and
doping a conductive polymer by mixing the dopant nanopowder treated with the plasma and the conductive polymer dispersed in a solvent,wherein the dopant nanopowder includes a material selected from a group consisting of titania, tungsten oxide, copper oxide, iron oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, zirconium oxide, vanadium oxide, nickel oxide, cadmium oxide, selenium oxide, barium titanate, and a mixture thereof, or includes a material selected from a group consisting of zinc sulfate, zinc iodide, barium iodide, sodium iodide, cesium iodide, lead iodide, zinc oxide, cesium bromide, barium bromide, ZnS, ZnCdS, Gd2O2S, Y2O2S, CaWO3, ZnSiO4 and a mixture thereof.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a solid dopant for doping a conductive polymer, which has a high dispersibility in a solvent by a plasma treatment, a method and an apparatus for preparing the solid dopants, a solid doping method of a conductive polymer using the solid dopants, and a solid doping method of a conductive polymer using plasma.
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1. A solid doping method of a conductive polymer using plasma, comprising the processes of:
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synthesizing dopant nanopowder as a solid dopant; treating the dopant nanopowder with plasma; and doping a conductive polymer by mixing the dopant nanopowder treated with the plasma and the conductive polymer dispersed in a solvent, wherein the dopant nanopowder includes a material selected from a group consisting of titania, tungsten oxide, copper oxide, iron oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, zirconium oxide, vanadium oxide, nickel oxide, cadmium oxide, selenium oxide, barium titanate, and a mixture thereof, or includes a material selected from a group consisting of zinc sulfate, zinc iodide, barium iodide, sodium iodide, cesium iodide, lead iodide, zinc oxide, cesium bromide, barium bromide, ZnS, ZnCdS, Gd2O2S, Y2O2S, CaWO3, ZnSiO4 and a mixture thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A solid dopant for doping a conductive polymer, the solid dopant comprising:
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dopant nanopowder selected from a group consisting of titania, tungsten oxide, copper oxide, iron oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, zirconium oxide, vanadium oxide, nickel oxide, cadmium oxide, selenium oxide, barium titanate and a mixture thereof, or, selected from the group consisting of zinc sulfate, zinc iodide, barium iodide, sodium iodide, cesium iodide, lead iodide, zinc oxide, cesium bromide, barium bromide, ZnS, ZnCdS, Gd2O2S, Y2O2S, CaWO3, ZnSiO4, and a mixture thereof, wherein the solid dopant has acidity (pH) adjusted to about 4 or less by plasma treatment and is hydrophilic and dispersive in a solvent. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for preparing a solid dopant for doping a conductive polymer using plasma, the apparatus comprising:
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a plasma chamber having a gas inlet and a gas outlet at one side thereof; a vessel, into which solid dopant nanopowder to be treated with plasma is loaded, placed in the plasma chamber; a plasma generating device placed in the plasma chamber and configured to irradiate plasma to the vessel; and a vibration-applying device or ultrasound-applying device configured to stir the solid dopant nanopowder loaded in the vessel for uniformly treating the solid dopant nanopowder with the plasma, wherein the dopant nanopowder includes a material selected from a group consisting of titania, tungsten oxide, copper oxide, iron oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, zirconium oxide, vanadium oxide, nickel oxide, cadmium oxide, selenium oxide, barium titanate, and a mixture thereof, or includes a material selected from a group consisting of zinc sulfate, zinc iodide, barium iodide, sodium iodide, cesium iodide, lead iodide, zinc oxide, cesium bromide, barium bromide, ZnS, ZnCdS, Gd2O2S, Y2O2S, CaWO3, ZnSiO4, and a mixture thereof. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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