High-performance single crystal organic field-effect transistors based on two dithiophene-tetrathiafulvalene (DT-TTF) polymorphs

Adv Mater. 2010 Oct 1;22(37):4198-203. doi: 10.1002/adma.201001446.

Abstract

Solution prepared single crystal organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) combine low-cost with high performance due to structural ordering of molecules. However, in organic crystals polymorphism is a known phenomenon, which can have a crucial influence on charge transport. Here, the performance of solution-prepared single crystal OFETs based on two different polymorphs of dithiophene-tetrathiafulvalene, which were investigated by confocal Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, are reported. OFET devices prepared using different configurations show that both polymorphs exhibited excellent device performance, although the -phase revealed charge carrier mobility between two and ten times higher in accordance to the closer stacking of the molecules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallization
  • Heterocyclic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman
  • Thiophenes / chemistry*
  • Transistors, Electronic*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Thiophenes
  • tetrathiafulvalene