Abstract
Three regioisomeric polymers (P1, P2, and P3) comprising dithienosilole and asymmetric 5-fluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole moieties are synthesized and characterized. Although all the polymers exhibit similar energy levels, they show different molecular orientation, crystallinity, and charge-carrier transporting characteristics. A superior hole mobility (0.021 cm2 V-1 s-1) is demonstrated for an organic field-effect transistor (OFET) based on P3 with the geometrical same direction of the F atoms, which is much higher than the regiorandom (P1) and regioregular (P2) isomers. Our study reveals that the specific regio-orientation of the asymmetric units rather than the regioregularity in the backbone plays a crucial role in determining the polymer nature, bulk morphology, and OFET performance.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8522-8526 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry C |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 28 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (2018R1A2A1A05077194), Center for Advanced Soft-Electronics funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT as Global Frontier Project (2012M3A6A5055225), Wearable platform Materials Technology Center (2016R1A5A1009926) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, and the Research Project funded by Ulsan City (1.190099) of UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology). B. H. L. acknowledges the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (2019R1C1C1010426) and J. L. acknowledges the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (2017R1A6A3A11035549). The GIXD experiment at the PLS-II 6D UNIST-PAL beamline was supported in part by MEST, POSTECH and UNIST-UCRF.
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© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2019.