Multi-scale ordering in highly stretchable polymer semiconducting films
Abstract
Stretchable semiconducting polymers have been developed as a key component to enable skin-like wearable electronics, but their electrical performance must be improved to enable more advanced functionalities. Here, we report a solution processing approach that can achieve multi-scale ordering and alignment of conjugated polymers in stretchable semiconductors to substantially improve their charge carrier mobility. Using solution shearing with a patterned microtrench coating blade, macroscale alignment of conjugated-polymer nanostructures was achieved along the charge transport direction. In conjunction, the nanoscale spatial confinement aligns chain conformation and promotes short-range π–π ordering, substantially reducing the energetic barrier for charge carrier transport. As a result, the mobilities of stretchable conjugated-polymer films have been enhanced up to threefold and maintained under a strain up to 100%. This method may also serve as the basis for large-area manufacturing of stretchable semiconducting films, as demonstrated by the roll-to-roll coating of metre-scale films.
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- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering; Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Nanoscience and Technology Division
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering; Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Inst. for Molecular Engineering
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering; Katholieke Univ. Leuven (Belgium). Dept. of Materials Engineering
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering; SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL); Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (United States). School of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Nanjing Univ. (China). Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Lab. of Coordination Chemistry
- Nanjing Univ. (China). Dept. of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Lab. of Coordination Chemistry
- Gyeongsang National Univ., Jinju (South Korea). Dept. of Chemistry and RINS
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1532482
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 18; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1476-1122
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature - Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Xu, Jie, Wu, Hung-Chin, Zhu, Chenxin, Ehrlich, Anatol, Shaw, Leo, Nikolka, Mark, Wang, Sihong, Molina-Lopez, Francisco, Gu, Xiaodan, Luo, Shaochuan, Zhou, Dongshan, Kim, Yun-Hi, Wang, Ging-Ji Nathan, Gu, Kevin, Feig, Vivian Rachel, Chen, Shucheng, Kim, Yeongin, Katsumata, Toru, Zheng, Yu-Qing, Yan, He, Chung, Jong Won, Lopez, Jeffrey, Murmann, Boris, and Bao, Zhenan. Multi-scale ordering in highly stretchable polymer semiconducting films. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0340-5.
Xu, Jie, Wu, Hung-Chin, Zhu, Chenxin, Ehrlich, Anatol, Shaw, Leo, Nikolka, Mark, Wang, Sihong, Molina-Lopez, Francisco, Gu, Xiaodan, Luo, Shaochuan, Zhou, Dongshan, Kim, Yun-Hi, Wang, Ging-Ji Nathan, Gu, Kevin, Feig, Vivian Rachel, Chen, Shucheng, Kim, Yeongin, Katsumata, Toru, Zheng, Yu-Qing, Yan, He, Chung, Jong Won, Lopez, Jeffrey, Murmann, Boris, & Bao, Zhenan. Multi-scale ordering in highly stretchable polymer semiconducting films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0340-5
Xu, Jie, Wu, Hung-Chin, Zhu, Chenxin, Ehrlich, Anatol, Shaw, Leo, Nikolka, Mark, Wang, Sihong, Molina-Lopez, Francisco, Gu, Xiaodan, Luo, Shaochuan, Zhou, Dongshan, Kim, Yun-Hi, Wang, Ging-Ji Nathan, Gu, Kevin, Feig, Vivian Rachel, Chen, Shucheng, Kim, Yeongin, Katsumata, Toru, Zheng, Yu-Qing, Yan, He, Chung, Jong Won, Lopez, Jeffrey, Murmann, Boris, and Bao, Zhenan. Mon .
"Multi-scale ordering in highly stretchable polymer semiconducting films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0340-5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1532482.
@article{osti_1532482,
title = {Multi-scale ordering in highly stretchable polymer semiconducting films},
author = {Xu, Jie and Wu, Hung-Chin and Zhu, Chenxin and Ehrlich, Anatol and Shaw, Leo and Nikolka, Mark and Wang, Sihong and Molina-Lopez, Francisco and Gu, Xiaodan and Luo, Shaochuan and Zhou, Dongshan and Kim, Yun-Hi and Wang, Ging-Ji Nathan and Gu, Kevin and Feig, Vivian Rachel and Chen, Shucheng and Kim, Yeongin and Katsumata, Toru and Zheng, Yu-Qing and Yan, He and Chung, Jong Won and Lopez, Jeffrey and Murmann, Boris and Bao, Zhenan},
abstractNote = {Stretchable semiconducting polymers have been developed as a key component to enable skin-like wearable electronics, but their electrical performance must be improved to enable more advanced functionalities. Here, we report a solution processing approach that can achieve multi-scale ordering and alignment of conjugated polymers in stretchable semiconductors to substantially improve their charge carrier mobility. Using solution shearing with a patterned microtrench coating blade, macroscale alignment of conjugated-polymer nanostructures was achieved along the charge transport direction. In conjunction, the nanoscale spatial confinement aligns chain conformation and promotes short-range π–π ordering, substantially reducing the energetic barrier for charge carrier transport. As a result, the mobilities of stretchable conjugated-polymer films have been enhanced up to threefold and maintained under a strain up to 100%. This method may also serve as the basis for large-area manufacturing of stretchable semiconducting films, as demonstrated by the roll-to-roll coating of metre-scale films.},
doi = {10.1038/s41563-019-0340-5},
journal = {Nature Materials},
number = 6,
volume = 18,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {4}
}
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