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Conductive PEDOT:PSS-coated poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide thread for highly durable electronic textiles

  • Chul Moon Choi
  • , Sung Nam Kwon*
  • , Seok In Na
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Jeonbuk National University

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Abstract

We demonstrated that poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide (Kevlar) yarn can be made conductive by simply coating the surface with conductive PEDOT:PSS via dip-coating. The lowest surface resistance of PEDOT:PSS-coated Kevlar thread was 11.1 Ω under optimum conditions, which is about a quarter lower than the existing PEDOT:PSS-coated one. Electrical properties of the PEDOT:PSS-coated Kevlar thread did not show significant changes after prolonged exposure to air, repeated bending, and washing. In addition, knitted PEDOT:PSS-coated Kevlar thread was demonstrated as an electronic textile used in circuits supplying power to LED. It is expected that PEDOT:PSS-coated Kevlar thread can be applied to various applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)155-161
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Volume50
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017.06.25

Keywords

  • Conductive thread
  • Electrical durability
  • Electronic textiles
  • Kevlar
  • PEDOT:PSS
  • Poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering - Chemical

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