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Title: Benzimidazolone-Dioxazine Pigments-Based Conjugated Polymers for Organic Field-Effect Transistor

Abstract

Molecules based on benzimidazolone-dioxazine are known as blue/violet pigments and have been commercialized for decades. However, unfavorable solubility limits the application of these structures as building blocks of conjugated polymers despite their low band gaps. Herein, a series of donor–acceptor conjugated polymers containing soluble benzimidazolone-dioxazine structures as the acceptors and oligothiophene as donors are synthesized and investigated. With increasing numbers of thiophene rings, the steric hindrance diminishes and high molecular weight polymers can be achieved, leading to an improved performance in organic field effect transistor devices. The hole mobility of polymers with three to six thiophene units is in the order of 10-1 cm2 V-1 s -1. Among all the polymers, polymer P3 with three thiophene units between benzimidazolone-dioxazine structures shows the best hole mobility of 0.4 cm2 V-1 s -1. Grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering results reveal that the high mobility of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) can be accredited by matched donor–acceptor packing in the solid thin films.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. University of Akron, OH (United States)
  2. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Univ. of Akron, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1981422
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; DMR-1554851
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 44; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1022-1336
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; benzimidazolone-dioxazine; conjugated polymers; organic field effect transistors; pigments

Citation Formats

Tung, Wei‐Yao, Pu, Cheng, Huang, Yi‐Fan, Xie, Wei, Cheng, Chung‐Fu, Lai, Yun‐Yu, Li, Xiang, Lin, Heng‐Yi, Lai, Yueh‐Ting, Chen, Kun, Wang, Chien‐Lung, and Zhu, Yu. Benzimidazolone-Dioxazine Pigments-Based Conjugated Polymers for Organic Field-Effect Transistor. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1002/marc.202200297.
Tung, Wei‐Yao, Pu, Cheng, Huang, Yi‐Fan, Xie, Wei, Cheng, Chung‐Fu, Lai, Yun‐Yu, Li, Xiang, Lin, Heng‐Yi, Lai, Yueh‐Ting, Chen, Kun, Wang, Chien‐Lung, & Zhu, Yu. Benzimidazolone-Dioxazine Pigments-Based Conjugated Polymers for Organic Field-Effect Transistor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202200297
Tung, Wei‐Yao, Pu, Cheng, Huang, Yi‐Fan, Xie, Wei, Cheng, Chung‐Fu, Lai, Yun‐Yu, Li, Xiang, Lin, Heng‐Yi, Lai, Yueh‐Ting, Chen, Kun, Wang, Chien‐Lung, and Zhu, Yu. Fri . "Benzimidazolone-Dioxazine Pigments-Based Conjugated Polymers for Organic Field-Effect Transistor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202200297. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1981422.
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title = {Benzimidazolone-Dioxazine Pigments-Based Conjugated Polymers for Organic Field-Effect Transistor},
author = {Tung, Wei‐Yao and Pu, Cheng and Huang, Yi‐Fan and Xie, Wei and Cheng, Chung‐Fu and Lai, Yun‐Yu and Li, Xiang and Lin, Heng‐Yi and Lai, Yueh‐Ting and Chen, Kun and Wang, Chien‐Lung and Zhu, Yu},
abstractNote = {Molecules based on benzimidazolone-dioxazine are known as blue/violet pigments and have been commercialized for decades. However, unfavorable solubility limits the application of these structures as building blocks of conjugated polymers despite their low band gaps. Herein, a series of donor–acceptor conjugated polymers containing soluble benzimidazolone-dioxazine structures as the acceptors and oligothiophene as donors are synthesized and investigated. With increasing numbers of thiophene rings, the steric hindrance diminishes and high molecular weight polymers can be achieved, leading to an improved performance in organic field effect transistor devices. The hole mobility of polymers with three to six thiophene units is in the order of 10-1 cm2 V-1 s -1. Among all the polymers, polymer P3 with three thiophene units between benzimidazolone-dioxazine structures shows the best hole mobility of 0.4 cm2 V-1 s -1. Grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering results reveal that the high mobility of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) can be accredited by matched donor–acceptor packing in the solid thin films.},
doi = {10.1002/marc.202200297},
journal = {Macromolecular Rapid Communications},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
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