Indacenodithiophene semiconducting polymers for high-performance, air-stable transistors

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Aug 25;132(33):11437-9. doi: 10.1021/ja1049324.

Abstract

High-performance, solution-processed transistors fabricated from semiconducting polymers containing indacenodithiohene repeat units are described. The bridging functions on the backbone contribute to suppressing large-scale crystallization in thin films. However, charge carrier mobilities of up to 1 cm(2)/(V s) for a benzothiadiazole copolymer were reported and, coupled with both ambient stability and long-wavelength absorption, make this family of polymers particularly attractive for application in next-generation organic optoelectronics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Air
  • Molecular Structure
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Semiconductors
  • Thiophenes / chemistry*
  • Transistors, Electronic*

Substances

  • Polymers
  • Thiophenes