Regioregular Bis-Pyridal[2,1,3]thiadiazole-Based Semiconducting Polymer for High-Performance Ambipolar Transistors

Chunguang Zhu; Zhiyuan Zhao; Huajie Chen; Liping Zheng; Xiaolin Li; Jinyang Chen; Yanming Sun; Feng Liu; Yunlong Guo; Yunqi Liu

doi:10.1021/jacs.7b10256

Regioregular Bis-Pyridal[2,1,3]thiadiazole-Based Semiconducting Polymer for High-Performance Ambipolar Transistors

J Am Chem Soc. 2017 Dec 13;139(49):17735-17738. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b10256. Epub 2017 Nov 22.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University , Xiangtan 411105, People's Republic of China.
² Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
³ Heeger Beijing Research and Development Center, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University , Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China.
⁴ Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Collaborative Innovation Center of IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 29160068
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10256

Abstract

We report a regioregular bis-pyridal[2,1,3]-thiadiazole (BPT) acceptor strategy to construct the first ambipolar pyridal[2,1,3]thiadiazole-based semiconducting polymer (PBPTV). The use of BPT unit enables PBPTV to achieve high electron affinity, low LUMO level, and extended π-conjugation. All these factors provide PBPTV with encouraging hole and electron mobilities up to 6.87 and 8.49 cm² V^-1 s^-1, respectively. Our work demonstrates that the BPT unit is a promising building block for designing high-performance electron-transporting semiconductors in organic electronics.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't