High throughput processing of dinaphtho[2,3-b:2′,3′-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (DNTT) organic semiconductors

Autor: Lamiaa Fijahi, Jinghai Li, Adrián Tamayo, Martina Volpi, Guillaume Schweicher, Yves H. Geerts, Marta Mas-Torrent
Přispěvatelé: European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, China Scholarship Council, Fondation Francqui, Fonds de La Recherche Scientifique (Belgique)
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Nanoscale. 15:230-236
ISSN: 2040-3372
2040-3364
DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05625a
Popis: The deposition of organic semiconductors (OSCs) using solution shearing deposition techniques is highly appealing for device implementation. However, when using high deposition speeds, it is necessary to use very concentrated OSC solutions. The OSCs based on the family of dinaphtho[2,3-b:2',3'-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (DNTT) have been shown to be excellent OSCs due to their high mobility and stability. However, their limited solubility hinders the processing of these materials at high speed. Here, we report the conditions to process alkylated DNTT and the S-shaped π-core derivative S-DNTT by bar-assisted meniscus shearing (BAMS) at high speed (i.e., 10 mm s-1). In all the cases, homogeneous thin films were successfully prepared, although we found that the gain in solubility achieved with the S-DNTT derivative strongly facilitated solution processing, achieving a field-effect mobility of 2.1 cm2 V-1 s-1, which is two orders of magnitude higher than the mobility found for the less soluble linear derivatives.
This work was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 811284 (UHMob), the Spanish Ministry (project GENESIS PID2019-111682RB-I00 and through the “Severo Ochoa” Programme for Centers of Excellence in R&D (FUNFUTURE CEX2019-000917-S)) and the Generalitat de Catalunya (2017-SGR-918). L. F. and J. L. are enrolled in the UAB Materials Science PhD program. J. L. acknowledges the Scholarship from the Chinese Council. G. S. is a FNRS research associate (Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research). G. S. acknowledges financial support from the Francqui Foundation (Francqui Start-Up Grant). Y. H. G. is thankful to FNRS for financial support through research projects Pi-Fast (No T.0072.18), Pi-Chir (No T.0094.22), and DIFFRA (No U.G001.19).
With funding from the Spanish government through the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2019-000917-S).
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