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Benzobisthiadiazole-based conjugated donor–acceptor polymers for organic thin film transistors: effects of π-conjugated bridges on ambipolar transport
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Wang, Yang Kadoya, Tomofumi Wang, Lei Hayakawa, Teruaki Tokita, Masatoshi Mori, Takehiko Michinobu, Tsuyoshi |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | A new series of benzobisthiadiazole (BBT)-based donor–acceptor copolymers, namely, PBBT-FT, PBBT-T-FT, and PBBT-Tz-FT, with different π-conjugated bridges have been developed for polymer thin film transistors (TFTs). It was found that inserting different π-conjugated bridges into the backbone of the polymer allowed tailoring of opto-electrical properties, molecular organizations, and accordingly, ambipolar transport of TFTs. The UV-vis-NIR spectra of all three polymers were similar with the low band gaps of around 1.1 eV. While the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels were also similar (around −3.8 eV), the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy levels varied from −5.05 to −5.42 eV because of the different π-conjugated bridges; moreover, their TFTs exhibited different ambipolar transport. p-Type dominant TFT performances with the hole mobility (μh) reaching 0.13 cm2 V−1 s−1 were observed for the prototype polymer PBBT-FT. However, the device based on PBBT-T-FT with thiophene bridges displayed lower but more balanced hole (μh) and electron (μe) mobilities of 6.5 × 10−3 and 1.2 × 10−3 cm2 V−1 s−1, respectively. The device based on PBBT-Tz-FT with the thiazole units exhibited more evenly balanced hole and electron mobilities (μh/μe = 0.45) along with a significantly enhanced μe ∼0.02 cm2 V−1 s−1. These different semiconducting features were ascribed to different molecular orientations and film morphologies revealed by wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). |
| Starting Page | 1196 |
| Ending Page | 1207 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1039/C4TC02273D |
| Volume Number | 3 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/tc/c4/c4tc02273d/c4tc02273d1.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TC02273D |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
