Issue 43, 2023

Recent advances in the construction and application of stretchable PEDOT smart electronic membranes

Abstract

Conductive polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) has shown great potential for application in optoelectronic devices, sensors, and biomedicine. Flexible and stretchable PEDOT smart electronics have attracted great interest. Benefiting from the in-depth analysis of the structural properties of PEDOT and the development of fabrication techniques, many well-designed PEDOT composite membranes have been reported in the literature. In this paper, different structures of stretchable PEDOT membranes are reviewed, including wrinkled, cracked, fibrous, patterned, and micro–nano hierarchical structures. Top-down and bottom-up strategies for constructing stretchable PEDOT devices are reviewed, including blending, etching, deposition, templating, electrospinning/electrospraying, and various compositing methods. In addition, the applications of stretchable PEDOT membranes in smart electronics such as photovoltaics, light-emitting devices, organic thin-film transistors, sensors, thermal management, bioelectrodes, and wearable fabrics are reviewed. Future challenges for flexible and stretchable PEDOT membranes are proposed.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances in the construction and application of stretchable PEDOT smart electronic membranes

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
30 juin 2023
Accepted
29 sept. 2023
First published
30 sept. 2023

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023,11, 14930-14967

Recent advances in the construction and application of stretchable PEDOT smart electronic membranes

J. Chen, C. Ye, T. Cang, R. Gao and X. Li, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 14930 DOI: 10.1039/D3TC02295A

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