TY - JOUR
T1 - 5,10-linked naphthodithiophenes as the building block for semiconducting polymers
AU - Osaka, Itaru
AU - Komatsu, Koki
AU - Koganezawa, Tomoyuki
AU - Takimiya, Kazuo
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - We present new semiconducting polymers incorporating naphtho[1, 2-b:5, 6-b′] dithiophene (NDT3) and naphtho[2, 1-b:6, 5-b′] dithiophene (NDT4), which are linked at the naphthalene positions, in the polymer backbone. It is interesting that the trend in the ordering structure and thus charge transport properties are quite different from what were observed in the isomeric polymers where the NDT3 and NDT4 cores are linked at the thiophene α-positions. In the thiophene-linked NDT system, the NDT3-based polymer (PNDT3BT) gave the better ordering in thin films and thus the high charge carrier mobility compared to the NDT4-based polymer (PNDT4BT). In the meantime, in the naphthalene-linked NDT system, the NDT4-based polymer (PNDT4iBT) provided the superior properties. Considering that PNDT4iBT has relatively low highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level (-5.2 eV) and moderately high mobilities in the order of 10-2 cm2 V-1 s -1, the NDT4 core, when linked at the naphthalene positions, can be a good building unit for the development of high-performance semiconducting polymers for both organic field-effect transistors and photovoltaic devices.
AB - We present new semiconducting polymers incorporating naphtho[1, 2-b:5, 6-b′] dithiophene (NDT3) and naphtho[2, 1-b:6, 5-b′] dithiophene (NDT4), which are linked at the naphthalene positions, in the polymer backbone. It is interesting that the trend in the ordering structure and thus charge transport properties are quite different from what were observed in the isomeric polymers where the NDT3 and NDT4 cores are linked at the thiophene α-positions. In the thiophene-linked NDT system, the NDT3-based polymer (PNDT3BT) gave the better ordering in thin films and thus the high charge carrier mobility compared to the NDT4-based polymer (PNDT4BT). In the meantime, in the naphthalene-linked NDT system, the NDT4-based polymer (PNDT4iBT) provided the superior properties. Considering that PNDT4iBT has relatively low highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level (-5.2 eV) and moderately high mobilities in the order of 10-2 cm2 V-1 s -1, the NDT4 core, when linked at the naphthalene positions, can be a good building unit for the development of high-performance semiconducting polymers for both organic field-effect transistors and photovoltaic devices.
KW - naphthodithiophene
KW - organic field-effect transistors
KW - semiconducting polymers
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U2 - 10.1088/1468-6996/15/2/024201
DO - 10.1088/1468-6996/15/2/024201
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84898682079
VL - 15
JO - Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
JF - Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
SN - 1468-6996
IS - 2
M1 - 024201
ER -