Multi-scale ordering in highly stretchable polymer semiconducting films

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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.

Authors:

^[1];

^[2]; Zhu, Chenxin ^[3]; Ehrlich, Anatol ^[2];

^[2]; Nikolka, Mark ^[2]; Wang, Sihong ^[4];

^[5];

^[6]; Luo, Shaochuan ^[7]; Zhou, Dongshan ^[8]; Kim, Yun-Hi ^[9];

^[2]; Gu, Kevin ^[2];

^[10]; Chen, Shucheng ^[2]; Kim, Yeongin ^[3]; Katsumata, Toru; Zheng, Yu-Qing; Yan, He more »

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

Publication Date:: 2019-04-15

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

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                    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. 
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                    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.  doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0340-5.

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                    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.  doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0340-5.

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@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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