Issue 44, 2019

Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based small molecules for solution-processed n-channel organic thin film transistors

Abstract

Four conjugated molecules with thiophene-flanked diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) as the core and 3-(dicyanomethylidene)indan-1-one (IC), dichlorinated IC (2Cl-IC) and difluorinated IC (2F-IC) as termini, i.e.DPP1012, DPP1012-4Cl, DPP1012-4F and DPP68-4F were synthesized. These molecules have similar band gaps of ca. 1.2 eV and deep lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels below −4.1 eV. Single crystal structure analysis showed that DPP68-4F adopted a slipped one dimensional π-stacking structure with a π–π stacking distance of 3.57 Å in crystals. Top gate/bottom contact (TG/BC) organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) were fabricated via spin-coating. All molecules exhibited typical n-type characteristics with an electron mobility (μe) of up to 0.44, 0.26, 1.05 and 0.58 cm2 V−1 s−1 for DPP1012, DPP1012-4Cl, DPP1012-4F and DPP68-4F, respectively. Devices based on DPP1012-4F displayed the best device performance since its films were characterized by the highest packing order and appropriate film morphology. This work shows the great potential of the integration of the planar conjugated core and IC-type termini in designing solution processable high mobility n-type small molecule semiconductors.

Graphical abstract: Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based small molecules for solution-processed n-channel organic thin film transistors

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Sep 2019
Accepted
09 Oct 2019
First published
10 Oct 2019

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019,7, 13939-13946

Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based small molecules for solution-processed n-channel organic thin film transistors

Q. Zhou, Y. Jiang, T. Du, Z. Wang, Z. Liang, Y. Han, Y. Deng, H. Tian and Y. Geng, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 13939 DOI: 10.1039/C9TC05038H

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