Sequential Doping of Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymers for Thermally Stable n-Type Organic Conductors

Wang, Suhao; Ruoko, Tero-Petri; Wang, Gang; Riera-Galindo, Sergi; Hultmark, Sandra; Puttisong, Yuttapoom; Moro, Fabrizio; Yan, Hongping; Chen, Weimin M.; Berggren, Magnus; Müller, Christian; Fabiano, Simone

doi:10.1021/acsami.0c16254

Title: Sequential Doping of Ladder-Type Conjugated Polymers for Thermally Stable n-Type Organic Conductors

Journal Article · Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2020 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c16254· OSTI ID:1768776

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Linköping Univ., Norrköping (Sweden); Paris Univ., Cergy (France)
Linköping Univ., Norrköping (Sweden)
Chalmers Univ. of Technology, Goteborg (Sweden)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Doping of organic semiconductors is a powerful tool to optimize the performance of various organic (opto)electronic and bioelectronic devices. Despite recent advances, the low thermal stability of the electronic properties of doped polymers still represents a significant obstacle to implementing these materials into practical applications. Hence, the development of conducting doped polymers with excellent long-term stability at elevated temperatures is highly desirable. Here, we report on the sequential doping of the ladder-type polymer poly(benzimidazobenzophenanthroline) (BBL) with a benzimidazole-based dopant (i.e., N-DMBI). By combining electrical, UV–vis/infrared, X-ray diffraction, and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements, we quantitatively characterized the conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, spin density, and microstructure of the sequentially doped polymer films as a function of the thermal annealing temperature. Importantly, we observed that the electrical conductivity of N-DMBI-doped BBL remains unchanged even after 20 h of heating at 190 °C. This finding is remarkable and of particular interest for organic thermoelectrics.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 2016-03979; SFO-Mat-LiU No 2009 00971; Dnr KAW 2014.0041; 18-313; 19-310; 204-0256

OSTI ID:: 1768776

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 12, Issue 47; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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