Method of synthesizing polymers from a solid electrolyte

Patent · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5751595

Skotheim, T A

A method of synthesizing electrically conductive polymers from a solvent-free solid polymer electrolyte wherein an assembly of a substrate having an electrode thereon, a thin coating of solid electrolyte including a solution of PEO complexed with an alkali salt, and a thin transparent noble metal electrode are disposed in an evacuated chamber into which a selected monomer vapor is introduced while an electric potential is applied across the solid electrolyte to hold the thin transparent electrode at a positive potential relative to the electrode on the substrate, whereby a highly conductive polymer film is grown on the transparent electrode between it and the solid electrolyte.

• Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4544456
• OSTI ID: 5751595
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 19 Oct 1984; Other Information: PAT-APPL-662657
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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