Efficient N-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors and Field-Effect Transistors Based on PNDI-Copolymers Bearing Fluorinated Selenophene-Vinylene-Selenophenes

Jongho Kim, Xinglong Ren, Youcheng Zhang, Daniele Fazzi, Suraj Manikandan, Jens Wenzel Andreasen, Xiuming Sun, Sarah Ursel, Hio-Ieng Un, Sébastien Peralta, Mingfei Xiao, James Town, Arkadios Marathianos, Stefan Roesner, Thanh-Tuan Bui, Sabine Ludwigs, Henning Sirringhaus*, Suhao Wang*

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Abstract

n-Type organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) are less developed than their p-type counterparts. Herein, polynaphthalenediimide (PNDI)-based copolymers bearing novel fluorinated selenophene-vinylene-selenophene (FSVS) units as efficient materials for both n-type OECTs and n-type OFETs are reported. The PNDI polymers with oligo(ethylene glycol) (EG7) side chains P(NDIEG7-FSVS), affords a high µC* of > 0.2 F cm−1 V−1 s−1, outperforming the benchmark n-type Pg4NDI-T2 and Pg4NDI-gT2 by two orders of magnitude. The deep-lying LUMO of −4.63 eV endows P(NDIEG7-FSVS) with an ultra-low threshold voltage of 0.16 V. Moreover, the conjugated polymer with octyldodecyl (OD) side chains P(NDIOD-FSVS) exhibits a surprisingly low energetic disorder with an Urbach energy of 36 meV and an ultra-low activation energy of 39 meV, resulting in high electron mobility of up to 0.32 cm2 V−1 s−1 in n-type OFETs. These results demonstrate the great potential for simultaneously achieving a lower LUMO and a tighter intermolecular packing for the next-generation efficient n-type organic electronics.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2303837
JournalAdvanced Science
Volume10
Issue number29
Number of pages12
ISSN2198-3844
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Intermolecular packing
  • Mixed ionic-electronic conductors
  • n-type conjugated polymers
  • Organic electrochemical transistors
  • Organic field-effect transistors

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