• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.05b
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• pp.131-134
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• 2000

Electroluminescent[EL] from conjugated polymers has recently received great attention because polymer light-emitting diodes[LEDs] clearly have potential for applications such as large-area displays. The operation of polymer LEDs is based on double injection of electrons and holes from the electrodes, followed by formation of excitons whose radiative decay results in light emission at wavelength characteristic to the material In this paper, we fabricated the single layer EL device using poly(3-octylthiophene)[P3OT] as emitting material. The orange-red light was clearly visible in a dark room Maximum peak wavelength of EL spectrum saw at 640nm in accordance with photon energy 1.9eV. And we know that ionization energy of P3OT is 4.7eV from the cyclic voltammetry.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.539-545
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• 2012

3-(2-benzotriazolovinyl)thiophene (BVT) was synthesized by the connection of the thiophene with the electron-withdrawing group, benzotriazole, through the vinylene. Its structure was confirmed by FT-IR, $^1H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR and 2D hetero-cosy spectroscopy. Both BVT and 3-octylthiophene (OT) were copolymerized and showed an average molecular weight of 12000 (PDI 2.67) and 15000 (PDI 2.55), respectively. The copolymers were dissolved in the organic solvent such as chloroform, THF, TCE, etc. The mole ratios of BVT and OT in the synthesized copolymers were confirmed as 1 : 1.8 and 1 : 2.8 from $^1H$-NMR spectra. The UV-vis maximum absorption of copolymers appeared at the wavelength of 470 nm and 465 nm and the photoluminescence at ${\lambda}_{max}$ = 662 nm and 641 nm correspond to red-orange light. The band gaps of copolymers at 1.96 eV and 2.02 eV were found to be higher than those of poly(3-octylthiophene). The HOMO energy levels of the copolymers decreased overall in comparison with those of poly(3-octylthiophene), but the overall LUMO energy level increased.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.511-516
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• 2010

The electrochemical coating of poly(3-octylthiophene) on carbon materials was studied in order to investigate the application possibility of the modified carbon materials in the photoelectronic devices. Commercial carbon paper and carbon fiber were used as substrate electrodes for electrochemical coating. The coating behaviors were analysed with the variation of monomer and electrolyte concentration, applied potential, and cycling number in cyclovoltammetry. The coating rate of poly(3-octylthiophene) formed on the substrate were proportional to the monomer and electrolyte concentration, applied potential, and cycling number with each independent exponent. The structure and morphology of electrochemically polymerized poly(3-octylthiophene) was investigated with scanning electron microscopy and FTIR reflectance measurement.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.84-87
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• 2010

Copper-indium-diselenide (CIS) particles were prepared by the electrochemical reduction from the mixture solution of corresponding ion compounds. The prepared CIS was used as an insertion layer or a blending component in the organic photovoltaic bulk heterojunction cells composed of poly(3-octylthiophene) and fullerene. The increase of CIS content resulted in the rapid decrease of the open-circuit voltage as well as short-circuit current. The photovoltaic parameters were analyzed in relation to the structures, composition, and morphology of the photovoltaic blends.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.399-405
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• 2001

Poly[3-octylthiophene-co-3-(4-fluorophenyl)thiophene]s were synthesized in 2:1, 1:1, and 1:2 mole ratios, and organic electroluminescent devices were fabricated using the copolymers. The opto-electrical properties of the copolymers were studied by PL, EL spectra, I-V, and V-L curves of the organic electroluminescent devices in conjunction with the energy band diagrams which were obtained from the cyclic voltammogram and the electronic absorption spectra. The LUMO energy level of P(OT/FPT)(1:1) is the lowest as -3.35 eV. In the copolymers P(OT/FPT)(2:1) and P(OT/FPT)(1:1) the ${\lambada}_{max}$ in the PL and EL spectra red-shifted as the mole ratio of fluorophenyl group increased while in P(OT/FPT)(1:2) it showed a blue-shift. This indicates that the backbone chain is twisted due to the steric hinderance of the fluorophenyl group leading to shorter ${\pi}$-conjugation length. P(OT/FPT)(1:1) showed the highest EL intensity and the highest power efficiency among the three copolymers. In P(OT/FPT)(1:2) the roughness of the film surface causes unusually high local leakage current leading to the low efficiency of electroluminescence.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2000.04b
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• pp.143-146
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• 2000

We studied effects of alkyl($C_nH_{2n+1}$) chain length on characteristics of poly(3-alkylthiophene) electroluminescent diodes. Among the poly(3-alkylthiophene), poly(3-hexylthiophene)(n=6) and poly(3- octyIthiophene)(n=8) were mainly used for the emitting layer of the diode. The result of experiment, the emission intensity of poly(3-alkylthiophene) electroluminescent diodes depends on the alkyl chain length. Strong emission is obtained from a poly(3-alkylthiophene) diodes of long alkyl side chain length. Emission intensities are enhanced by a confinement of carriers on a main chain with a long interchain distance caused by a long alkyl side chain.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.91-98
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• 1991

Electrical conductivity of poly (3-alkylthiophene) derivatives with substituted long alkyl chain such as poly (3-butylthiophene), poly (3-hexylthiophene), poly (3-octylthiophene), poly (3-decylthiophene), poly (3-dodecylthiophene), and poly (3-docosylthiophene) increases with increasing temperature. However, after attaining a maxiumum value, it decreases with further temperature increase. Hysteresis is also observed in the temperature dependence of conductivity and absorption spectra. The absorption spectra also changes rapidly at the phase transition. These phenomena are discussed in terms of the increase of the energy band gap in the liquid states due to the decrease of co-planarity of thiophene rings accompanied by remarkable conformation changes.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1990.07a
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• pp.221-223
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• 1990

In this study, we have studied the optioal properties and $I_2$ doping effect of Poly(3-Akkylthiophene) solution. The end of speotrum absorbance on the solutions of Poly(3 - Octylthiophene), Poly (3-Dodecylthiophene) and Poly(3-Dooooylthiophene) was dependent on temperature. It is bellved that conrod-coil transition dependent on temperature was rod-coil transition. And absortance peak of Poly (3-Dodecylthiophene) in dichloromethane solution increased with increasing the $I_2$ dopant.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.183-186
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• 2002

Polymer composites with carbon nanotubes have recently been investigated for improving certain properties i.e., electrical, optical and mechanical properties[1-3]. Kymakis et. al. have reported the electrical and optical properties of single wall carbon nanotube-poly(3-octylthiophene) composites[4]. Polyurethane dissolved in dimethylformanide (DMF) were electrospun by Demir et. al.[5]. (omitted)