Table 6.
Aging effect of PEDOT:PSS coated conductive yarns.
| Conductive Yarn Type | Aging Duration (Week) | Electrical Resistance (KΩ) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For 1st Coating | For 2nd Coating | ||||||||
| Mean | SD | Increased Electrical Resistance Every Week (%) | Total Increased Electrical Resistance (%) from Week 0–Week 5 (%) | Mean | SD | Increased Electrical Resistance (%) | Total Increased Electrical Resistance (%) from Week 0–Week 5 (%) | ||
| PP | 0 | 131.00 | 3.41 | - | 23.43 | 43.00 | 2.08 | - | 20.98 |
| 1 | 143.07 | 1.63 | 9.21 | 44.70 | 0.46 | 3.95 | |||
| 2 | 149.67 | 0.57 | 4.61 | 46.93 | 0.57 | 4.99 | |||
| 3 | 154.70 | 2.03 | 3.36 | 48.73 | 0.75 | 3.84 | |||
| 4 | 159.30 | 1.91 | 2.97 | 51.37 | 1.32 | 5.42 | |||
| 5 | 164.53 | 0.83 | 3.28 | 52.80 | 0.30 | 2.78 | |||
| PLA | 0 | 223.00 | 7.76 | - | 26.85 | 122.00 | 5.47 | - | 23.00 |
| 1 | 251.10 | 1.11 | 12.60 | 134.13 | 1.05 | 9.94 | |||
| 2 | 262.40 | 2.80 | 4.50 | 139.40 | 1.20 | 3.92 | |||
| 3 | 269.10 | 1.74 | 2.55 | 143.33 | 0.86 | 2.82 | |||
| 4 | 279.10 | 2.16 | 3.72 | 148.50 | 0.86 | 3.61 | |||
| 5 | 288.80 | 2.35 | 3.48 | 152.53 | 0.83 | 2.71 | |||
| PP/PLA | 0 | 181.00 | 3.63 | - | 25.45 | 66.00 | 1.23 | - | 21.96 |
| 1 | 199.50 | 0.79 | 10.22 | 73.43 | 0.65 | 11.26 | |||
| 2 | 210.50 | 1.12 | 5.51 | 75.67 | 0.57 | 3.05 | |||
| 3 | 215.33 | 0.96 | 2.29 | 78.50 | 0.87 | 3.74 | |||
| 4 | 223.40 | 0.79 | 3.75 | 80.80 | 0.36 | 2.93 | |||
| 5 | 231.63 | 0.42 | 3.68 | 81.63 | 0.87 | 1.03 | |||