Efficient N-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors and Field-Effect Transistors Based on PNDI-Copolymers Bearing Fluorinated Selenophene-Vinylene-Selenophenes

Jongho Kim, Xinglong Ren, Youcheng Zhang, Daniele Fazzi, Suraj Manikandan, Jens Wenzel Andreasen, Xiuming Sun, Sarah Ursel, Hio Ieng Un, Sébastien Peralta, Mingfei Xiao, James Town, Arkadios Marathianos, Stefan Roesner, Thanh Tuan Bui, Sabine Ludwigs, Henning Sirringhaus, Suhao Wang

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2303837
JournalAdvanced Science
Volume10
Issue number29
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Oct 2023

Keywords

  • intermolecular packing
  • mixed ionic–electronic conductors
  • n-type conjugated polymers
  • organic electrochemical transistors
  • organic field-effect transistors

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