Issue 24, 2017

Regioisomerism of an alkyl-substituted bithiophene comonomer in (3E,8E)-3,8-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)naphtho-[1,2-b:5,6-b′]difuran-2,7(3H,8H)-dione (INDF)-based D–A polymers for organic thin film transistors

Abstract

Two donor–acceptor (D–A) polymers based on (3E,8E)-3,8-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)naphtha-[1,2-b:5,6-b′]difuran 2,7(3H,8H)-dione (INDF) and substituted regioisomeric bithiophene (BT) units with different side chain positions (head-to-head, HH, and tail-to-tail, TT) were synthesized. PINDFBT-(HH) achieved electron (μe) and hole (μh) mobilities as high as 0.33 cm2 V−1 s−1 and 0.15 cm2 V−1 s−1, respectively, while PINDFBT-(TT) showed an order of magnitude lower mobilities with μe of 0.07 cm2 V−1 s−1 and μh of 0.02 cm2 V−1 s−1. The distinctly different electrical performance of these two polymers originates from their different side chain placements on the bithiophene units and consequently different electronic structures, backbone coplanarity, chain packing, and thin film morphology. Our results showed that a bithiophene unit with an HH substitution pattern is much more favoured in terms of the charge transport property of the polymers.

Graphical abstract: Regioisomerism of an alkyl-substituted bithiophene comonomer in (3E,8E)-3,8-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)naphtho-[1,2-b:5,6-b′]difuran-2,7(3H,8H)-dione (INDF)-based D–A polymers for organic thin film transistors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Mar 2017
Accepted
15 May 2017
First published
16 May 2017

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 5902-5909

Regioisomerism of an alkyl-substituted bithiophene comonomer in (3E,8E)-3,8-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)naphtho-[1,2-b:5,6-b′]difuran-2,7(3H,8H)-dione (INDF)-based D–A polymers for organic thin film transistors

J. T. E. Quinn, C. Guo, F. Haider, H. Patel, D. A. Khan and Y. Li, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 5902 DOI: 10.1039/C7TC01204G

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