Review Article: Crystal alignment for high performance organic electronics devices

He, Zhengran; Chen, Jihua; Li, Dawen

doi:10.1116/1.5094904

Title: 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:

He, Zhengran ^[1];

^[2]; Li, Dawen ^[1]

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:: Tue Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2019

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

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  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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