Synthesis, Molecular Packing, and Electrical Properties of New Regioisomeric n-type Semiconducting Molecules with Modification of Alkyl Substituents Position
- Authors
- Ryu, Hwa Sook; Kim, Min Je; Lee, Young Woong; Lee, Seung-Hun; Shin, Tae Joo; Cho, Jeong Ho; Woo, Han Young
- Issue Date
- 18-12월-2019
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- substituent topology; regioisomer; n-type semiconductor; film morphology; diffraction pattern
- Citation
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v.11, no.50, pp.47170 - 47181
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 50
- Start Page
- 47170
- End Page
- 47181
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/60900
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsami.9b17664
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- Abstract
- We design and synthesize a series of regioisomeric n-type small molecules, which have an identical diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) core and 2-(2,3-dihydro-3-oxo-1H-inden-1-ylidene)propanedinitrile (INCN) terminal groups with octyl substituents at different positions. The isomeric structures are confirmed by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy based on the heteronuclear multiple-bond coupling method. Incorporation of the electron-deficient DPP and strongly electron-withdrawing INCN groups yields deep frontier molecular orbitals with n-type charge-transport properties in solution-processed organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). Interestingly, a minor change in the substitution position of the octyl side chains significantly influences the optoelectronic and morphological properties of the thin film. The polycrystalline morphology of the as-cast films is reorganized differently with thermal annealing depending on the octyl topology, significantly affecting the OFET performance. With thermal treatment at 200 degrees C, the kinked DPP(EH)-INCNO1 (EH = 2-ethylhexyl) structures transform into single crystalline-like structures, exhibiting a remarkably improved electron mobility up to similar to 0.6 cm(2)V(-1) s(-1) compared with DPP(EH)-INCNO2 isomers. The more linear DPP(EH or HD)-INCNO2 (HD = 2-hexyldecyl) molecules become more crystalline with thermal treatments, but their polycrystalline packing structures with large grain boundaries are the main reason for their lower electron mobility. When the solubilizing alkyl substituents are selected, careful molecular design is needed, with consideration of both the solubility and intermolecular packing, for optimizing the optoelectronic properties.
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