Issue 68, 2020

Progress in the synthesis of imide-based N-type polymer semiconductor materials

Abstract

Based on the development situation and challenge of organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), it is necessary to develop N-type polymer building blocks with specific structures and performance. After decades of development, some excellent polymer receptor building blocks have been developed to construct N-type organic semiconductors, which have been applied in OFETs and OPVs. In this paper, four kinds of imide (bisthiophene imide BTI, bisthiazolimide BTz, naphthalimide NDI, and perylene imide PDI)-based N-type polymer semiconductor materials are introduced, and their applications in OFETs and OPVs are analyzed, too. The molecular structure design and the performance of corresponding materials are summarized to provide further guidance and reference for the design and development of high performance N-type polymer semiconductors.

Graphical abstract: Progress in the synthesis of imide-based N-type polymer semiconductor materials

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
05 jun 2020
Accepted
17 sep 2020
First published
17 nov 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 41764-41779

Progress in the synthesis of imide-based N-type polymer semiconductor materials

M. Liao, J. Duan, P. Peng, J. Zhang and M. Zhou, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 41764 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA04972G

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