Issue 9, 2017

Molecular and thin film properties of cobalt half-sandwich compounds for optoelectronic application

Abstract

The structure and electronic properties of a novel cobalt half sandwich complex of cyclopentadiene (Cp) and diaminonaphthalene (DAnap) [CpCo(DAnap)] are described and compared to the previously reported diaminobenzene derivative [CpCo(DAbnz)] in view of their potential for (opto)electronic device application. Both complexes show stable redox processes, tunable through the diaminoacene ligand, and show strong absorption in the visible region, with additional transitions stretching into the near infrared (NIR). CpCo(DAnap) crystallises with a particularly large unit cell (9301 Å3), comprising 32 molecules, with a gradual rotation over 8 molecules along the long c-axis. In the solid state the balance of the optical transitions in both complexes is reversed, with a suppression of the visible band and an enhancement of the NIR band, attributed to extensive intermolecular electronic interaction. In the case of CpCo(DAnap), highly crystalline thin films could be formed under physical vapor deposition, which show a photocurrent response stretching into the NIR, and p-type semiconductor behavior in field effect transistors with mobility values of the order 1 × 10−4 cm2 V−1 s−1. The device performance is understood through investigation of the morphology of the grown films.

Graphical abstract: Molecular and thin film properties of cobalt half-sandwich compounds for optoelectronic application

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Dec 2016
Accepted
09 Feb 2017
First published
10 Feb 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 6768-6776

Molecular and thin film properties of cobalt half-sandwich compounds for optoelectronic application

M. Reinhardt, S. Dalgleish, Y. Shuku, L. Reissig, M. M. Matsushita, J. Crain, K. Awaga and N. Robertson, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 6768 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP08685C

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