Solution-grown small-molecule organic semiconductor with enhanced crystal alignment and areal coverage for organic thin film transistors

Bi, Sheng; He, Zhengran; Chen, Jihua; Li, Dawen

doi:10.1063/1.4927577

Title: Solution-grown small-molecule organic semiconductor with enhanced crystal alignment and areal coverage for organic thin film transistors

Journal Article · Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · AIP Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4927577· OSTI ID:1286905

Bi, Sheng ^[1]; He, Zhengran ^[1]; Chen, Jihua ^[2]; Li, Dawen ^[1]

Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Drop casting of small-molecule organic semiconductors typically forms crystals with random orientation and poor areal coverage, which leads to significant performance variations of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs). In this study, we utilize the controlled evaporative self-assembly (CESA) method combined with binary solvent system to control the crystal growth. A small-molecule organic semiconductor,2,5-Di-(2-ethylhexyl)-3,6-bis(5"-n-hexyl-2,2',5',2"]terthiophen-5-yl)-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-dione (SMDPPEH), is used as an example to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach. By optimizing the double solvent ratios, well-aligned SMDPPEH crystals with significantly improved areal coverage were achieved. As a result, the SMDPPEH based OTFTs exhibit a mobility of 1.6 × 10^-2 cm²/V s, which is the highest mobility from SMDPPEH ever reported.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1286905

Journal Information:: AIP Advances, Vol. 5, Issue 7; ISSN 2158-3226

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