Shear-aligned large-area organic semiconductor crystals through extended π-π interaction

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Beitragende

  • Song Zhang - , Stanford Engineering (Autor:in)
  • Felix Talnack - , Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Professur für Organische Bauelemente (cfaed) (Autor:in)
  • Tanguy Jousselin-Oba - , Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Autor:in)
  • Vinayak Bhat - , University of Kentucky (Autor:in)
  • Yilei Wu - , Stanford Engineering (Autor:in)
  • Yusheng Lei - , Stanford Engineering, Fudan University (Autor:in)
  • Yoko Tomo - , Stanford Engineering, Kyushu University (Autor:in)
  • Huaxin Gong - , Stanford Engineering (Autor:in)
  • Lukas Michalek - , Stanford Engineering (Autor:in)
  • Donglai Zhong - , Stanford Engineering (Autor:in)
  • Can Wu - , Stanford Engineering (Autor:in)
  • Abderrahim Yassar - , Ecole Polytechnique (Autor:in)
  • Stefan Mannsfeld - , Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), Professur für Organische Bauelemente (cfaed) (Autor:in)
  • Chad Risko - , University of Kentucky (Autor:in)
  • Michel Frigoli - , Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Autor:in)
  • Zhenan Bao - , Stanford Engineering (Autor:in)

Abstract

Small molecule-based organic semiconductors are of broad interest in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) due to their potential for high crystallinity and electrical performance. The 2D molecule, TIPS-peri-pentacenopentacene (TIPS-PPP), which is the vertical extension of the 1D TIPS-pentacene (TIPS-PEN) molecule, offers a lower bandgap, higher aromaticity, and an enhanced π-π interaction with neighboring molecules in the solid state when compared to TIPS-PEN. However, an in-depth understanding of the relationship between the molecule structure, solid-state molecular packing, and the electronic properties has not been reported due to poor control over the TIPS-PPP crystallite size. In this work, we successfully engineered highly oriented large-area TIPS-PPP crystals through the solution shear coating technique. Compared with narrow ribbon-like TIPS-PEN crystals, TIPS-PPP crystals can grow centimeters long and over 500 μm wide. TIPS-PPP molecules are less susceptible to forming metastable polymorphs than TIPS-PEN molecules upon fast evaporation. The crystal structure of TIPS-PPP is also thermally stable at 250 °C. Notably, the anisotropic charge carrier mobility of TIPS-PPP crystals is resolved through fabricating bottom-gate top-contact devices, with a hole mobility of 3.1 cm2 V−1 s−1 along the preferred packing direction. Further device optimization using top-gate bottom-contact devices improved the mobility up to 6.5 cm2 V−1 s−1, which is among the highest for pentacene-derivative-based organic semiconductors.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)8992-9001
Seitenumfang10
FachzeitschriftJournal of Materials Chemistry C
Jahrgang11
Ausgabenummer26
PublikationsstatusElektronische Veröffentlichung vor Drucklegung - 14 Apr. 2023
Peer-Review-StatusJa