Self-Doped n-Type Quinoidal Compounds with Good Air Stability and High Electrical Conductivity for Organic Electronics.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
; 62(35): e202307856, 2023 Aug 28.
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ABSTRACT
Air stable n-type conductive molecules with high electrical conductivities and excellent device performance have important applications in organic electronics, but their synthesis remains challenging. Herein, we report three self-doped n-type conductive molecules, designated QnNs, with a closed-shell quinoidal backbone and alkyl amino chains of different lengths. The QnNs are self-doped by intermolecular electron transfer from the amino groups to the quinoidal backbone. This process is ascertained unambiguously by experiments and theoretical calculations. The use of a quinoidal structure effectively improves the self-doping level, and thus increases the electrical conductivity of self-doped n-type conductive molecules achieved by a closed-shell structure from<10-4 â
S cm-1 to>0.03â
S cm-1 . Furthermore, the closed-shell quinoidal structure results in good air stability of the QnNs, with half-lives>73â
days; and Q4N shows an electrical conductivity of 0.019â
S cm-1 even after exposure to air for 120â
days. When applying Q6N as the cathode interlayer in organic solar cells (OSCs), an outstanding power conversion efficiency of up to 18.2 % was obtained, which represents one the best results in binary OSCs.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
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