Figure 7. IEAP material F: Ppy films grown galvanostatically on gold-coated PVdF membrane.
The electrolyte is 0.1 M LiTFSI solution in PC29. Checkpoint F is marked at 600 working cycles. The degradation due to the environment is perceivable. Direct UV radiation certainly destroys this IEAP material. Moreover, X-ray radiation increases the performance significantly; however, this effect only lasts a few measurement cycles.