Review Article: Crystal alignment for high performance organic electronics devices
Abstract
Organic electronics devices based on high-performance small-molecule organic semiconductors have gained substantial attention because of their unique advantages such as excellent charge transport, solution processability, and environmental stability. However, the intrinsic crystallization of small-molecule organic semiconductors is anisotropic, resulting in significant device performance variations of organic electronics devices. In this article, the authors review the various approaches and techniques developed to control and align the crystallization of some benchmark solution-processable, high-performance, small-molecule organic semiconductors, such as 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) pentacene, N,N'-1H,1H-perfluorobutyl dicyanoperylenecarboxydiimide, and 5,11-bis(triethylgermylethynyl)anthradithiophene. These alignment approaches are studied in the context of capillary force-based techniques, patterning-based techniques, solution-shearing-based techniques, and other miscellaneous techniques, including zone-casting, vertical flowing, air flow navigation, temperature gradient alignment, etc. The organic semiconductors and crystal alignment techniques reviewed in this article shed light on important relationship among crystallization, charge transport, and device performance and can be applied to various high-performance organic electronics devices, such as organic thin film transistors and solar cells.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); University of Alabama
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1606945
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 37; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0734-2101
- Publisher:
- American Vacuum Society / AIP
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
He, Zhengran, Chen, Jihua, and Li, Dawen. Review Article: Crystal alignment for high performance organic electronics devices. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1116/1.5094904.
He, Zhengran, Chen, Jihua, & Li, Dawen. Review Article: Crystal alignment for high performance organic electronics devices. United States. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5094904
He, Zhengran, Chen, Jihua, and Li, Dawen. Tue .
"Review Article: Crystal alignment for high performance organic electronics devices". United States. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5094904. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1606945.
@article{osti_1606945,
title = {Review Article: Crystal alignment for high performance organic electronics devices},
author = {He, Zhengran and Chen, Jihua and Li, Dawen},
abstractNote = {Organic electronics devices based on high-performance small-molecule organic semiconductors have gained substantial attention because of their unique advantages such as excellent charge transport, solution processability, and environmental stability. However, the intrinsic crystallization of small-molecule organic semiconductors is anisotropic, resulting in significant device performance variations of organic electronics devices. In this article, the authors review the various approaches and techniques developed to control and align the crystallization of some benchmark solution-processable, high-performance, small-molecule organic semiconductors, such as 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) pentacene, N,N'-1H,1H-perfluorobutyl dicyanoperylenecarboxydiimide, and 5,11-bis(triethylgermylethynyl)anthradithiophene. These alignment approaches are studied in the context of capillary force-based techniques, patterning-based techniques, solution-shearing-based techniques, and other miscellaneous techniques, including zone-casting, vertical flowing, air flow navigation, temperature gradient alignment, etc. The organic semiconductors and crystal alignment techniques reviewed in this article shed light on important relationship among crystallization, charge transport, and device performance and can be applied to various high-performance organic electronics devices, such as organic thin film transistors and solar cells.},
doi = {10.1116/1.5094904},
journal = {Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A},
number = 4,
volume = 37,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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