Base inhibited oxidative polymerization of 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene with iron(III)tosylate

By incorporating non-conducting adhesive (up to 75% vol.) in the vapor phase polymerized PEDT system, films with activation energy of 1/3 the value of pure PEDT, were obtained. The reason for this phenomenon could not be explained by changes in the PEDT structure investigated with grazing incidence X-ray diffraction.