Table 1.
Comparison of particle size, particle shape, and electrical conductivity of P3HT with previous works.
| Synthesis Method | Surfactant Type | Particle Size (nm) | Particle Shape | Electrical Conductivity (S cm−1) |
Sample Code | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical oxidative polymerization | - | 157 ± 33 | Irregular | 3.12 ± 0.44 | P3HT at 6 h | - |
| - | 141 ± 21 | Irregular | 8.09 ± 0.12 | P3HT at 12 h | - | |
| - | 280 ± 62 | Agglomerated | 3.04 ± 0.43 | P3HT at 18 h | - | |
| - | 311 ± 69 | Agglomerated | 2.33 ± 0.20 | P3HT at 24 h | - | |
| - | 650 ± 197 | Irregular | 0.24 ± 0.05 | 3HT:FeCl3 = 1:2.5 | - | |
| - | 141 ± 21 | Irregular | 8.09 ± 0.12 | 3HT:FeCl3 = 1:3 | - | |
| - | 191 ± 48 | Agglomerated | 1.23 ± 0.36 | 3HT:FeCl3 = 1:3.5 | - | |
| - | 347 ± 139 | Agglomerated | 0.49 ± 0.12 | 3HT:FeCl3 = 1:4 | - | |
| Emulsion polymerization | DBSA | 244 ± 58 | Sphere cluster and fiber | 5.82 ± 1.38 | P3HT_DBSA 2 CMC | - |
| 542 ± 139 | Spherical | 7.05 ± 0.74 | P3HT_DBSA 4 CMC | - | ||
| 1526 ± 227 | Grape shape | 16.21 ± 1.55 | P3HT_DBSA 6 CMC | - | ||
| 672 ± 192 | Sphere cluster | 10.41 ± 2.27 | P3HT_DBSA 8 CMC | - | ||
| 516 ± 131 | Sphere cluster and fiber | 3.17 ± 0.13 | P3HT_DBSA 10 CMC | - | ||
| PTSA | 356 ± 65 | Irregular | 1.07 ± 0.05 | P3HT_PTSA 2 CMC | - | |
| 316 ±82 | Irregular | 3.13 ± 0.30 | P3HT_PTSA 4 CMC | - | ||
| 254 ± 58 | Coral reef shape | 6.33 ± 0.27 | P3HT_PTSA 6 CMC | - | ||
| 364 ± 118 | Fused spheres and fiber | 0.82 ± 0.04 | P3HT_PTSA 8 CMC | - | ||
| 414 ± 70 | Fused spheres and fiber | 0.04 ± 0.01 | P3HT_PTSA 10 CMC | - | ||
| SDS | 247 ± 38 | Spherical | 0.41 ± 0.03 | P3HT_SDS 2 CMC | - | |
| 234 ± 48 | Spherical | 2.80 ± 0.18 | P3HT_SDS 4 CMC | - | ||
| 300 ± 49 | Spherical | 0.76 ± 0.08 | P3HT_SDS 6 CMC | - | ||
| 498 ± 98 | Sphere cluster | 0.58 ± 0.12 | P3HT_SDS 8 CMC | - | ||
| 817 ± 54 | Sphere cluster | 0.35 ± 0.02 | P3HT_SDS 10 CMC | - | ||
| AOT | 348 ± 92 | Spherical | 0.06 ± 0.01 | P3HT_AOT 2 CMC | - | |
| 335 ± 97 | Spherical and fiber | 0.11 ± 0.03 | P3HT_AOT 4 CMC | - | ||
| 269 ± 98 | Spherical and fiber | 0.65 ± 0.05 | P3HT_AOT 6 CMC | - | ||
| 278 ± 73 | Spherical and fiber | 0.57 ± 0.02 | P3HT_AOT 8 CMC | - | ||
| 291 ± 53 | Spherical and fiber | 0.37 ± 0.03 | P3HT_AOT 10 CMC | - | ||
| De-doping with NH4OH | - | 1545 ± 861 | Spherical | 2.01 × 10−5 | deP3HT_DBSA | - |
| Doped with HClO4 | - | 1223 ± 718 | Spherical | 74.81 ± 5.22 | dP3HT_DBSA (1:1) | - |
| - | 1232 ± 463 | Spherical | 120.56 ± 8.10 | dP3HT_DBSA (5:1) | - | |
| - | 1110 ± 494 | Spherical | 172.74 ± 7.02 | dP3HT_DBSA (10:1) | - | |
| - | 1389 ± 873 | Spherical | 159.68 ± 6.11 | dP3HT_DBSA (25:1) | - | |
| - | 1170 ± 654 | Spherical | 138.24 ± 9.25 | dP3HT_DBSA (50:1) | - | |
| - | 1530 ± 827 | Spherical | 110.70 ± 8.01 | dP3HT_DBSA (75:1) | - | |
| In situ polymerization | - | - | Agglomerated | 2.30 × 10−5 | P3HT | [48] |
| - | - | Tubular | 0.71 | P3HT_MWNT | [48] | |
| Chemical oxidative polymerization | - | - | Agglomerated | 1.20 | P3HT_GNs | [34] |
| - | - | - | 3.00 | P3HT | [21] | |
| - | - | - | 1.82 ± 0.22 | P3HT doped with F4TCNQ | [22] |