SBIR Phase I: A new conducting, transparent, solution-processable polymer

SBIR 第一阶段：一种新型导电、透明、可溶液加工的聚合物

• 批准号: 1415171
• 负责人: Bruce Chase
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Voltaic Coatings LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1415171&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; new; conducting; transparent

The broader impacts/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project involves the development of a variety of conducting polymers which can be solution processed into thin films with high transparency and high conductivity. These films will be used as transparent conductors in devices ranging from flexible displays to photovoltaic cells. The ease of solution processing will have an immediate impact on the overall cost of device fabrication since these new conducting polymers can be readily introduced into current manufacturing protocols in place of existing difficult-to-process, and hence high cost, materials. The lower cost of solution processing will have a significant impact on the overall cost of device fabrication resulting in significant savings for device manufacturers who are constantly striving to reduce manufacturing costs while providing order of magnitude improvements in performance for next generation devices. The use of these conducting polymers will extend beyond transparent electrodes to hole conducting layers in photovoltaic cells. This work will lead to potentially new synthetic strategies for a variety of conducting polymers with tunable solubility for reduced capital cost of fabrication and ease of processing. The benefits of these new conducting polymer films will impact device fabrication in flexible displays, photovoltaic devices and any electro-optic devices requiring both high transparency in the visible/near infrared and high conductivity. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will provide a low cost alternative for transparent conducting materials such as Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) and the currently used polymeric material, PEDOT:PSS. Both materials have limitations in processing and, hence, have not become widely adopted for the next generation consumer electronics. This new polymer under developed in this project has superior properties, lower production and manufacturing costs and will transform the way electronic displays, touch screens, organic lighting, and thin film solar devices are produced. This new material is estimated to provide a 50% cost savings over existing materials (ITO and PEDOT:PSS) while offering a polymer that can be customized for multiple applications.

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力涉及开发各种导电聚合物，这些聚合物可以被溶液加工成具有高透明度和高导电性的薄膜。这些薄膜将被用作从柔性显示器到光伏电池等各种设备的透明导体。溶液加工的简易性将直接影响器件制造的总体成本，因为这些新的导电聚合物可以很容易地引入到当前的制造方案中，以取代现有的难以加工的材料，因此成本很高。较低的解决方案处理成本将对设备制造的总体成本产生重大影响，从而为设备制造商节省大量成本，这些制造商不断努力降低制造成本，同时为下一代设备提供数量级的性能改进。这些导电聚合物的使用将超越透明电极，扩展到光伏电池中的空穴导电层。这项工作将为各种具有可调溶解性的导电聚合物带来潜在的新的合成策略，以降低制造成本和加工简便性。这些新型导电聚合物薄膜的优点将影响柔性显示器、光伏器件和任何需要可见光/近红外高透明度和高导电性的电光器件的制造。这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将为透明导电材料，如氧化铟(ITO)和目前使用的聚合物材料PEDOT：PSS提供低成本替代方案。这两种材料在加工方面都有局限性，因此还没有被广泛应用于下一代消费电子产品。该项目正在开发的这种新聚合物具有优越的性能、较低的生产和制造成本，并将改变电子显示器、触摸屏、有机照明和薄膜太阳能设备的生产方式。据估计，这种新材料比现有材料(ITO和PEDOT：PSS)节省了50%的成本，同时提供了一种可以为多种应用定制的聚合物。