Issue 2, 2016

Crystal structure and modeled charge carrier mobility of benzobis(thiadiazole) derivatives

Abstract

The crystal structures of benzobis(thiadiazole) (BBT)-based organic semiconductors with high electron mobilities were revealed using single-crystal X-ray analyses, followed by density functional theory and hopping modeling to estimate the charge carrier mobility levels. The crystal packings and intermolecular interactions were found to be similar regardless of trifluoromethyl and trifluoromethoxy groups for the corresponding para-substituted or meta-substituted derivatives. Although a compound with ortho-trifluoromethyl groups showed a molecule with a twisted conformation, the ortho-trifluoromethoxy derivative had nearly planar conformation. Since the ortho-trifluoromethyl groups prevent effective intermolecular interactions through short heteroatom contacts between BBT rings, molecules have a one-dimensional charge carrier transport path, resulting in lower overall charge carrier mobility in transistor devices. On the other hand, the ortho-trifluoromethoxy derivative exhibits a herringbone packing with large diffusion coefficients. The para and meta-derivatives showed an unusually large diffusion coefficient between the molecules located in the co-planar and the standard π–π stacking directions. The formation of a two-dimensional structure afforded high electron mobilities in actual organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) devices using these BBT-based materials.

Graphical abstract: Crystal structure and modeled charge carrier mobility of benzobis(thiadiazole) derivatives

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Aug 2015
Accepted
24 Nov 2015
First published
25 Nov 2015

New J. Chem., 2016,40, 1403-1411

Crystal structure and modeled charge carrier mobility of benzobis(thiadiazole) derivatives

M. Mamada, H. Fujita, K. Kakita, H. Shima, Y. Yoneda, Y. Tanaka and S. Tokito, New J. Chem., 2016, 40, 1403 DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ02302E

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