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Title: The Role of the Side Chain on the Performance of N-type Conjugated Polymers in Aqueous Electrolytes

Abstract

Here, we report a design strategy that allows the preparation of solution processable n-type materials from low boiling point solvents for organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs). The polymer backbone is based on NDI-T2 copolymers where a branched alkyl side chain is gradually exchanged for a linear ethylene glycol-based side chain. A series of random copolymers was prepared with glycol side chain percentages of 0, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, and 100 with respect to the alkyl side chains. These were characterized to study the influence of the polar side chains on interaction with aqueous electrolytes, their electrochemical redox reactions, and performance in OECTs when operated in aqueous electrolytes. We observed that glycol side chain percentages of >50% are required to achieve volumetric charging, while lower glycol chain percentages show a mixed operation with high required voltages to allow for bulk charging of the organic semiconductor. A strong dependence of the electron mobility on the fraction of glycol chains was found for copolymers based on NDI-T2, with a significant drop as alkyl side chains are replaced by glycol side chains.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [8]; ORCiD logo [8];  [9];  [7]; ORCiD logo [10]; ORCiD logo [11];  [8];  [12]; ORCiD logo [13]
  1. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Chemistry, Dept. of Physics and Centre for Plastic Electronics
  2. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Chemistry
  3. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  4. Mines ParisTech, CMP-EMSE, Paris (France). Dept. of Bioelectronics
  5. King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia). Physical Sciences and Engineering Division and KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
  6. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
  7. King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia). Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering
  8. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics and Centre for Plastic Electronics
  9. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Inst.; National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Chemistry and Nanoscience Center
  10. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Inst. and Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry; National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Chemistry and Nanoscience Center
  11. Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Electrical Engineering Division
  12. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Simpson Querry Inst. for BioNanotechnology
  13. Imperial College, London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Chemistry; King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia). Physical Sciences and Engineering Division and KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division; BASF SE, Ludwigshafen (Germany); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); European Research Council (ERC); European Union (EU); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1440398
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5900-71212
Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308; EP/P02484X/1; EP/G037515/1; EP/M005143/1; EP/N509486/1; EC FP7 Project SC2 (610115); EC H2020 Project SOLEDLIGHT (643791); 742708
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Chemistry of Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; n-type materials; organic electrochemical transistors

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Giovannitti, Alexander, Maria, Iuliana P., Hanifi, David, Donahue, Mary J., Bryant, Daniel, Barth, Katrina J., Makdah, Beatrice E., Savva, Achilleas, Moia, Davide, Zetek, Matyas, Barnes, Piers R. F., Reid, Obadiah G., Inal, Sahika, Rumbles, Garry, Malliaras, George G., Nelson, Jenny, Rivnay, Jonathan, and McCulloch, Iain. The Role of the Side Chain on the Performance of N-type Conjugated Polymers in Aqueous Electrolytes. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00321.
Giovannitti, Alexander, Maria, Iuliana P., Hanifi, David, Donahue, Mary J., Bryant, Daniel, Barth, Katrina J., Makdah, Beatrice E., Savva, Achilleas, Moia, Davide, Zetek, Matyas, Barnes, Piers R. F., Reid, Obadiah G., Inal, Sahika, Rumbles, Garry, Malliaras, George G., Nelson, Jenny, Rivnay, Jonathan, & McCulloch, Iain. The Role of the Side Chain on the Performance of N-type Conjugated Polymers in Aqueous Electrolytes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00321
Giovannitti, Alexander, Maria, Iuliana P., Hanifi, David, Donahue, Mary J., Bryant, Daniel, Barth, Katrina J., Makdah, Beatrice E., Savva, Achilleas, Moia, Davide, Zetek, Matyas, Barnes, Piers R. F., Reid, Obadiah G., Inal, Sahika, Rumbles, Garry, Malliaras, George G., Nelson, Jenny, Rivnay, Jonathan, and McCulloch, Iain. Tue . "The Role of the Side Chain on the Performance of N-type Conjugated Polymers in Aqueous Electrolytes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00321. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1440398.
@article{osti_1440398,
title = {The Role of the Side Chain on the Performance of N-type Conjugated Polymers in Aqueous Electrolytes},
author = {Giovannitti, Alexander and Maria, Iuliana P. and Hanifi, David and Donahue, Mary J. and Bryant, Daniel and Barth, Katrina J. and Makdah, Beatrice E. and Savva, Achilleas and Moia, Davide and Zetek, Matyas and Barnes, Piers R. F. and Reid, Obadiah G. and Inal, Sahika and Rumbles, Garry and Malliaras, George G. and Nelson, Jenny and Rivnay, Jonathan and McCulloch, Iain},
abstractNote = {Here, we report a design strategy that allows the preparation of solution processable n-type materials from low boiling point solvents for organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs). The polymer backbone is based on NDI-T2 copolymers where a branched alkyl side chain is gradually exchanged for a linear ethylene glycol-based side chain. A series of random copolymers was prepared with glycol side chain percentages of 0, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, and 100 with respect to the alkyl side chains. These were characterized to study the influence of the polar side chains on interaction with aqueous electrolytes, their electrochemical redox reactions, and performance in OECTs when operated in aqueous electrolytes. We observed that glycol side chain percentages of >50% are required to achieve volumetric charging, while lower glycol chain percentages show a mixed operation with high required voltages to allow for bulk charging of the organic semiconductor. A strong dependence of the electron mobility on the fraction of glycol chains was found for copolymers based on NDI-T2, with a significant drop as alkyl side chains are replaced by glycol side chains.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00321},
journal = {Chemistry of Materials},
number = 9,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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  • DOI: 10.1002/adma.201905909

Design and evaluation of conjugated polymers with polar side chains as electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage in aqueous electrolytes
journal, January 2019

  • Moia, Davide; Giovannitti, Alexander; Szumska, Anna A.
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 12, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ee03518k

Using Deep Machine Learning to Understand the Physical Performance Bottlenecks in Novel Thin‐Film Solar Cells
journal, December 2019

  • Majeed, Nahdia; Saladina, Maria; Krompiec, Michal
  • Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201907259

Biofuel powered glucose detection in bodily fluids with an n-type conjugated polymer
journal, December 2019


Conducting Polymer‐Based Biocomposites Using Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) as Counterion
journal, November 2019

  • Tekoglu, Serpil; Wielend, Dominik; Scharber, Markus Clark
  • Advanced Materials Technologies, Vol. 5, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1002/admt.201900699

n-Type organic electrochemical transistors: materials and challenges
journal, January 2018

  • Sun, Hengda; Gerasimov, Jennifer; Berggren, Magnus
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 6, Issue 44
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8tc03185a

Materials in Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Bioelectronic Applications: Past, Present, and Future
journal, December 2018

  • Moser, Maximilian; Ponder, James F.; Wadsworth, Andrew
  • Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 21
  • DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201807033

Oligo(ethylene glycol) as side chains of conjugated polymers for optoelectronic applications
journal, January 2020

  • Meng, Bin; Liu, Jun; Wang, Lixiang
  • Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 11, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9py01469a

Role of the Anion on the Transport and Structure of Organic Mixed Conductors
journal, December 2018

  • Cendra, Camila; Giovannitti, Alexander; Savva, Achilleas
  • Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201807034

Organic semiconductors for biological sensing
journal, January 2019

  • Borges-González, Jorge; Kousseff, Christina J.; Nielsen, Christian B.
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8tc05900d

Reversible Electronic Solid–Gel Switching of a Conjugated Polymer
journal, October 2019

  • Gladisch, Johannes; Stavrinidou, Eleni; Ghosh, Sarbani
  • Advanced Science, Vol. 7, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901144

Emerging research directions for n-type conjugated polymers
journal, January 2019

  • Jia, Hanyu; Lei, Ting
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Vol. 7, Issue 41
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9tc02632k

Solvent Engineering for High‐Performance n‐Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors
journal, June 2019

  • Savva, Achilleas; Ohayon, David; Surgailis, Jokubas
  • Advanced Electronic Materials, Vol. 5, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201900249

A fully inkjet-printed disposable glucose sensor on paper
journal, December 2018

  • Bihar, Eloïse; Wustoni, Shofarul; Pappa, Anna Maria
  • npj Flexible Electronics, Vol. 2, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41528-018-0044-y

The Mechanism of Dedoping PEDOT:PSS by Aliphatic Polyamines
journal, September 2019

  • van der Pol, Tom P. A.; Keene, Scott T.; Saes, Bart W. H.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 123, Issue 39
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07718