Influence of Molecular Symmetry and Terminal Substituents on the Morphology and OFET Characteristics of S,N-Heteropentacenes

Many heteroacenes have been extensively studied to improve device performances; however, the morphological effects stemmed from the chemical modification on a multiscale remain less explored. In this research, five axisymmetric S,N-heteropentacenes (DTPT, DTPT-Ph, DTPT-CN, DTPT-PYCN, and DTPT-BTCN)...

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Published in:ACS applied materials & interfaces 2020-09, Vol.12 (36), p.40572-40580
Main Authors: Huang, Yi-Fan, Chung, Chin-Lung, Prakoso, Suhendro Purbo, Ciou, Guan-Ting, Wang, Chun-Kai, Chen, Yi-Sheng, Lai, Bo-Han, Wong, Ken-Tsung, Wang, Chien-Lung
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Organic Electronic Devices
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Summary:Many heteroacenes have been extensively studied to improve device performances; however, the morphological effects stemmed from the chemical modification on a multiscale remain less explored. In this research, five axisymmetric S,N-heteropentacenes (DTPT, DTPT-Ph, DTPT-CN, DTPT-PYCN, and DTPT-BTCN) are studied to reveal the influences of molecular symmetry and end-capping substituents on the structure–property relationship, the thermal stability, crystallization behavior, film morphology, and OFET performance. Phase behavior was probed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), while the quality of the crystal array and structural details was investigated by optical microscopy (OM) and grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS). The analytic results reveal that (1) the parent axisymmetric S,N-heteropentacene, DTPT, is hard to crystallize, which hinders the preparation of high-quality crystal arrays for the OFET application. (2) The incorporation of π-conjugated electron-withdrawing (π-EW) endcaps that provide extended conjugation length and enhanced molecular polarity is required to form oriented crystal arrays to deliver reasonable OFET characteristics. (3) The π-EW endcaps with conformational freedom, such as −BTCN, due to the asymmetric feature of benzothiadiazole (BT), can hinder bulk phase crystallization and cause conformational disorder in the crystal array. Hence, the tradeoff of introducing the end-substituents to reinforce the poor crystalline nature of S,N-heteroacenes should be carefully considered.
ISSN:1944-8244
1944-8252
DOI:10.1021/acsami.0c09520