TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficient N-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors and Field-Effect Transistors Based on PNDI-Copolymers Bearing Fluorinated Selenophene-Vinylene-Selenophenes
AU - Kim, Jongho
AU - Ren, Xinglong
AU - Zhang, Youcheng
AU - Fazzi, Daniele
AU - Manikandan, Suraj
AU - Andreasen, Jens Wenzel
AU - Sun, Xiuming
AU - Ursel, Sarah
AU - Un, Hio Ieng
AU - Peralta, Sébastien
AU - Xiao, Mingfei
AU - Town, James
AU - Marathianos, Arkadios
AU - Roesner, Stefan
AU - Bui, Thanh Tuan
AU - Ludwigs, Sabine
AU - Sirringhaus, Henning
AU - Wang, Suhao
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.
PY - 2023/10/17
Y1 - 2023/10/17
N2 - n-Type organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) are less developed than their p-type counterparts. Herein, polynaphthalenediimide (PNDI)-based copolymers bearing novel fluorinated selenophene-vinylene-selenophene (FSVS) units as efficient materials for both n-type OECTs and n-type OFETs are reported. The PNDI polymers with oligo(ethylene glycol) (EG7) side chains P(NDIEG7-FSVS), affords a high µC* of > 0.2 F cm−1 V−1 s−1, outperforming the benchmark n-type Pg4NDI-T2 and Pg4NDI-gT2 by two orders of magnitude. The deep-lying LUMO of −4.63 eV endows P(NDIEG7-FSVS) with an ultra-low threshold voltage of 0.16 V. Moreover, the conjugated polymer with octyldodecyl (OD) side chains P(NDIOD-FSVS) exhibits a surprisingly low energetic disorder with an Urbach energy of 36 meV and an ultra-low activation energy of 39 meV, resulting in high electron mobility of up to 0.32 cm2 V−1 s−1 in n-type OFETs. These results demonstrate the great potential for simultaneously achieving a lower LUMO and a tighter intermolecular packing for the next-generation efficient n-type organic electronics.
AB - n-Type organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) are less developed than their p-type counterparts. Herein, polynaphthalenediimide (PNDI)-based copolymers bearing novel fluorinated selenophene-vinylene-selenophene (FSVS) units as efficient materials for both n-type OECTs and n-type OFETs are reported. The PNDI polymers with oligo(ethylene glycol) (EG7) side chains P(NDIEG7-FSVS), affords a high µC* of > 0.2 F cm−1 V−1 s−1, outperforming the benchmark n-type Pg4NDI-T2 and Pg4NDI-gT2 by two orders of magnitude. The deep-lying LUMO of −4.63 eV endows P(NDIEG7-FSVS) with an ultra-low threshold voltage of 0.16 V. Moreover, the conjugated polymer with octyldodecyl (OD) side chains P(NDIOD-FSVS) exhibits a surprisingly low energetic disorder with an Urbach energy of 36 meV and an ultra-low activation energy of 39 meV, resulting in high electron mobility of up to 0.32 cm2 V−1 s−1 in n-type OFETs. These results demonstrate the great potential for simultaneously achieving a lower LUMO and a tighter intermolecular packing for the next-generation efficient n-type organic electronics.
KW - intermolecular packing
KW - mixed ionic–electronic conductors
KW - n-type conjugated polymers
KW - organic electrochemical transistors
KW - organic field-effect transistors
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U2 - 10.1002/advs.202303837
DO - 10.1002/advs.202303837
M3 - Article
C2 - 37551064
AN - SCOPUS:85166949195
SN - 2198-3844
VL - 10
JO - Advanced Science
JF - Advanced Science
IS - 29
M1 - 2303837
ER -