Transition metal-catalysed molecular n-doping of organic semiconductors
- Authors
- Guo, Han; Yang, Chi-Yuan; Zhang, Xianhe; Motta, Alessandro; Feng, Kui; Xia, Yu; Shi, Yongqiang; Wu, Ziang; Yang, Kun; Chen, Jianhua; Liao, Qiaogan; Tang, Yumin; Sun, Huiliang; Woo, Han Young; Fabiano, Simone; Facchetti, Antonio; Guo, Xugang
- Issue Date
- 4-11월-2021
- Publisher
- NATURE PORTFOLIO
- Citation
- NATURE, v.599, no.7883, pp.67 - +
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- NATURE
- Volume
- 599
- Number
- 7883
- Start Page
- 67
- End Page
- +
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/135764
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41586-021-03942-0
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- Abstract
- Electron doping of organic semiconductors is typically inefficient, but here a precursor molecular dopant is used to deliver higher n-doping efficiency in a much shorter doping time. Chemical doping is a key process for investigating charge transport in organic semiconductors and improving certain (opto)electronic devices(1-9). N(electron)-doping is fundamentally more challenging than p(hole)-doping and typically achieves a very low doping efficiency (eta) of less than 10%(1,10). An efficient molecular n-dopant should simultaneously exhibit a high reducing power and air stability for broad applicability(1,5,6,9,11), which is very challenging. Here we show a general concept of catalysed n-doping of organic semiconductors using air-stable precursor-type molecular dopants. Incorporation of a transition metal (for example, Pt, Au, Pd) as vapour-deposited nanoparticles or solution-processable organometallic complexes (for example, Pd-2(dba)(3)) catalyses the reaction, as assessed by experimental and theoretical evidence, enabling greatly increased eta in a much shorter doping time and high electrical conductivities (above 100 S cm(-1); ref. (12)). This methodology has technological implications for realizing improved semiconductor devices and offers a broad exploration space of ternary systems comprising catalysts, molecular dopants and semiconductors, thus opening new opportunities in n-doping research and applications(12, 13).
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