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Nat Commun ; 15(1): 4856, 2024 Jun 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38849337

ABSTRACT

Developing highly active materials that efficiently utilize solar spectra is crucial for photocatalysis, but still remains a challenge. Here, we report a new donor-acceptor (D-A) covalent organic framework (COF) with a wide absorption range from 200 nm to 900 nm (ultraviolet-visible-near infrared light). We find that the thiophene functional group is accurately introduced into the electron acceptor units of TpDPP-Py (TpDPP: 5,5'-(2,5-bis(2-ethylhexyl)-3,6-dioxo-2,3,5,6-tetrahydropyrrolo [3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-diyl)bis(thiophene-2-carbaldehyde), Py: 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl)pyrene) COFs not only significantly extends its spectral absorption capacity but also endows them with two-photon and three-photon absorption effects, greatly enhancing the utilization rate of sunlight. The selective coupling of benzylamine as the target reactant is used to assess the photocatalytic activity of TpDPP-Py COFs, showing high photocatalytic conversion of 99% and selectivity of 98% in 20 min. Additionally, the TpDPP-Py COFs also exhibit the universality of photocatalytic selective coupling of other imine derivatives with ~100% conversion efficiency. Overall, this work brings a significant strategy for developing COFs with a wide absorption range to enhance photocatalytic activity.

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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ; 16(11): 14015-14025, 2024 Mar 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38446708

ABSTRACT

With the rapid advances in imperceptible and epidermal electronics, the research on ultraflexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) has become increasingly significant, owing to their excellent flexibility and conformability to the human body. It is highly desirable to develop submicrometer-thick ultraflexible OLEDs to enable the devices to seamlessly conform to the surface of arbitrary-shaped objects and still function properly. However, it remains a huge challenge for currently reported OLEDs due to the lack of an appropriate stripping strategy. Here, for the first time, we develop a facile photoregulated stripping strategy for the fabrication of high-performance ultraflexible OLEDs with submicron thickness. Under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, the surface adhesion force of the ultrathin photopolymer membrane can be adjusted from 16.9 to 5.1 N/m, thereby effectively controlling the laminating and detaching process. Based on this strategy, the resultant device thickness is as low as 0.821 µm, which is the lowest record among flexible OLEDs reported to date. More remarkably, excellent electrical properties with a maximum current efficiency (CE) of 62.5 cd/A, an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 17.8%, and a low turn-on voltage of 2.5 V are realized, which are superior to almost all of the reported ultraflexible OLEDs with thicknesses below 10 µm. Based on versatile ultraflexible OLEDs, all-organic and skin-mounted displays are successfully realized by employing a conformable organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) as the driver. This work offers a feasible strategy for advancing OLEDs from flexible to ultraflexible, showing significant application potential in future epidermal electronics and conformal displays.

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Small ; : e2309263, 2024 Feb 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38321840

ABSTRACT

The development of high-precision insoluble conducting polymer patterns for soft electronics is extremely challenging, mainly because of the incompatibility of the synthesis process with the underlying layers. In this study, a novel transfer-printing method is designed that enables the fabrication of photolithographic insoluble conducting polypyrrole (PPy) electrode patterns on soft substrates with high precision, demonstrating compatibility with various soft organic functional layers. Excellent mechanical stability, good biocompatibility, ultra-smooth surface, and outstanding conformability are observed. The photolithographic PPy electrode patterns, combined with an elastic organic semiconductor and dielectric, produce conformal all-organic transistors with mobility of 1.8 cm2 V-1 s-1 . This study paves the way to use insoluble conducting polymers to develop complex, high-density flexible patterns and offers a promising organic electrode for the new-generation soft all-organic electronics.

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Small ; : e2311527, 2024 Feb 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38334257

ABSTRACT

Stretchable organic transistors for skin-like biomedical applications require low-voltage operation to accommodate limited power supply and safe concerns. However, most of the currently reported stretchable organic transistors operate at relatively high voltages. Decreasing their operational voltage while keeping the high mobility still remains a key challenge. Here, the study presents a new dielectric design to achieve high-dielectric constant poly(urea-urethane) (PUU) elastomer, by incorporating a flexible small-molecular diamine crosslinking agent 4-aminophenyl disulfide (APDS) into the main chain of (poly (propylene glycol), tolylene 2,4-diiso-cyanate terminated) (PPG-TDI). Compared with commercial elastomers, the PUU elastomer as dielectric of the stretchable organic transistors shows the outstanding advantages including lower surface roughness (0.33 nm), higher adhesion (45.18 nN), higher dielectric constant (13.5), as well as higher stretchability (896%). The PUU dielectric enables the intrinsically stretchable, all-solution-processed organic transistor to operate at a low operational voltage down to -10 V, while preserving a substantial mobility of 1.39 cm2  V-1  s-1 . Impressively, the transistor also demonstrates excellent electrical stability under repeated switching of 10 000 cycles, and remarkable mechanical robustness when stretched up to 100%. The work opens up a new molecular engineering strategy to successfully realize low-voltage high-mobility stretchable all-solution-processed organic transistors.

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Small Methods ; 8(1): e2300743, 2024 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37800991

ABSTRACT

The realization of high-performance photolithographic coplanar organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) is fundamental to boost cosmically commercial applications of organic electronics. However, photolithographic coplanar OTFTs generally suffer from poor charge injection and therefore poor filed-effect performance. Here, a simple and effective strategy is developed to fabricate photolithographic rugged electrodes, and successfully achieve high-density low-contact-resistance photolithographic coplanar OTFTs. Based on this versatile electrode, the wafer-scale photolithographic rugged electrode can be easily achieved, and the device density of the coplanar OTFTs is as high as 28000 cm-2 . The device shows excellent electrical properties with mobility up to 2.01 cm2  V-1  s-1 and Rc as low as 7.8 kΩ cm, which is superior to all the reported Ag-electrode coplanar OTFTs. This work shows a reliable strategy to reduce the contact resistance of photolithographic coplanar OTFTs and elucidates the effect of injection resistance (Rinj ) and access resistance (Racc ) on coplanar OTFTs.

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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ; 15(39): 46108-46118, 2023 Oct 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37740925

ABSTRACT

Indacenodithiophene-benzothiadiazole (IDT-BT) has emerged as one of the most promising candidates for stretchable electronics due to its good stretchability and high mobility. Here, we present an air/liquid interface self-assembly method for the stretchable IDT-BT films and design an air-side transfer adherence strategy for improving the carrier mobility of IDT-BT. By controlling the cosolvent ratio in solution and the solvent evaporation rate, the large-scale intrinsically stretchable IDT-BT film with the diameter as high as ∼3 cm was self-assembled at the air/liquid interface. The resulting stretchable film with lightweight and good uniformity could be easily transferred to curved objects such as flexible 3 M tape, glass ball, and seashell. It is found that the transfer adherence strategy of the semiconductor film significantly affects the carrier transport. The transfer adherence from air-side can effectively decrease the number of the adsorbed water molecules at semiconductor/dielectric interface, which presents the mobility as high as 2.98 cm2 V-1 s-1. Based on the air/liquid interface self-assembled IDT-BT film, the peeling process of the film for preparation of full stretchable transistors could be eliminated. The resulting intrinsically stretchable transistor exhibits mobility higher than that of the transistor with a conventional spin-coated film. Our research provides new pathways for preparing the stretchable films and intrinsically stretchable organic field-effect transistors and shows the promising potential of the air/liquid interface self-assembly strategy for stretchable electronics.

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Adv Sci (Weinh) ; 10(29): e2302974, 2023 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37610561

ABSTRACT

Intrinsically stretchable gas sensors possess outstanding advantages in seamless conformability and high-comfort wearability for real-time detection toward skin/respiration gases, making them promising candidates for health monitoring and non-invasive disease diagnosis and therapy. However, the strain-induced deformation of the sensitive semiconductor layers possibly causes the sensing signal drift, resulting in failure in achievement of the reliable gas detection. Herein, a surprising result that the stretchable organic polymers present a universal strain-insensitive gas sensing property is shown. All the stretchable polymers with different degrees of crystallinity, including indacenodithiophene-benzothiadiazole (PIDTBT), diketo-pyrrolo-pyrrole bithiophene thienothiophene (DPPT-TT) and poly[4-(4,4-dihexadecyl-4H-cyclopenta[1,2-b:5,4-b']dithiophen-2-yl)-alt-[1,2,5]thiad-iazolo [3,4-c] pyridine] (PCDTPT), show almost unchanged gas response signals in the different stretching states. This outstanding advantage enables the intrinsically stretchable devices to imperceptibly adhere on human skin and well conform to the versatile deformations such as bending, twisting, and stretching, with the highly strain-stable gas sensing property. The intrinsically stretchable PIDTBT sensor also demonstrates the excellent selectivity toward the skin-emitted trimethylamine (TMA) gas, with a theoretical limit of detection as low as 0.3 ppb. The work provides new insights into the preparation of the reliable skin-like gas sensors and highlights the potential applications in the real-time detection of skin gas and respiration gas for non-invasive medical treatment and disease diagnosis.


Subject(s)
Semiconductors , Skin , Humans , Polymers , Wearable Electronic Devices
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Heliyon ; 9(8): e18454, 2023 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37520971

ABSTRACT

Polarization is one of the fundamental properties of light, which has a wide range of applications and is developing rapidly. To meet the needs of polarization detection, different types of polarization instruments came into being. The precision of the polarization detection instruments is vital to the result analysis. In this paper, a full polarization imager is designed, and the radiometric calibration and polarization calibration of this instrument are studied. In radiometric calibration, the different numbers lights are set to verify the light intensity response of the imager. The mathematical model was constructed for numerical fitting, and the correlation between the fitted values and the measured values in the 490 nm, 550 nm, and 670 nm bands was above 0.99. Fixed the radiance of the integrating sphere, and adjusted exposure times. The correlation of the three bands is above 0.99, which verifies that the radiative stability of the imager is good. The polarimetric calibration system adopts the adjustable degree of polarization reference light source (APOL). The theoretical and measured values of the degree of polarization of reference light sources in three different bands are analyzed. The results show that the measurement accuracy of the 490 nm band is less than 2%. The precision of polarization measurement in the 550 nm band is less than 1.5%, and the precision of polarization calibration in the 670 nm band is less than 1%. The imager is verified to have high polarization calibration accuracy and meets the requirements of high-precision polarization detection.

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Ecotoxicol Environ Saf ; 262: 115133, 2023 Jun 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37327524

ABSTRACT

Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has received much attention due to its unique characteristics of stable physicochemical features, facile preparation, and inexpensive cost. However, the bulk g-C3N4 has a weak capacity for pollutant degradation and needs to be modified for real application. Therefore, extensive research has been done on g-C3N4, and the discovery of the novel zero-dimensional nanomaterials known as carbon quantum dots (CQDs) provided it with a unique modification option. In this review, the development for the removal of organic pollutants by g-C3N4/CQDs was discussed. Firstly, the preparation of g-C3N4/CQDs were introduced. Then, the application and the degradation mechanism of g-C3N4/CQDs were briefly described. And the discussion of the influencing factors on g-C3N4/CQDs' ability to degrade organic pollutants came in third. Finally, the conclusions of photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants by g-C3N4/CQDs and future perspectives followed. This review will strengthen the understanding of the photocatalytic degradation of real organic wastewater by g-C3N4/CQDs, including their preparation, application, mechanism, and influencing factors.

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Small ; 19(8): e2206181, 2023 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36504477

ABSTRACT

Inspired by human eyes, the neuromorphic visual system employs a highly efficient imaging and recognition process, which offers tremendous advantages in image acquisition, data pre-processing, and dynamic storage. However, it is still an enormous challenge to simultaneously simulate the structure, function, and environmental adaptive behavior of the human eye based on one device. Here, a multimodal-synergistic-modulation neuromorphic imaging system based on ultraflexible synaptic transistors is successfully presented and firstly simulates the dry eye imaging behavior at the device level. Moreover, important functions of the human visual system in relation to optoelectronic synaptic plasticity, image erasure and enhancement, real-time preprocessing, and dynamic storage are simulated by versatile devices. This work not only simplifies the complexity of traditional neuromorphic visual systems, but also plays a positive role in the publicity of biomedical eye care.


Subject(s)
Dry Eye Syndromes , Neuronal Plasticity , Humans
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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ; 15(1): 1726-1735, 2023 Jan 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36580610

ABSTRACT

The use of cost-effective renewable raw materials to develop electronic devices has been strongly demanded for sustainable and biodegradable green electronics. Here, by taking inspiration from the traditional calligraphy and kirigami/origami arts, we show a novel cuttable and foldable all-paper touch-temperature sensors fabricated by simply brushing the carbon black ink onto the cellulose paper followed by a layer-layer lamination strategy. The use of environmentally friendly common commodities in daily life including carbon black ink and cellulose paper as the main component materials of sensors effectively lowers the cost and has positive impacts on the environment and health. The sensors can be freely cut or folded into the targeted shapes and can even reversibly morph between 2D and 3D configurations without affecting device function. Additionally, the sensors show a discrimination capability toward pressure and temperature. Our fabrication strategy provides a promising approach for creating the low-cost eco-friendly sensors with a versatile pattern design and a morphing shape without sacrificing the global structural integrity and device functionality.

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Chemosphere ; 312(Pt 1): 137239, 2023 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36379431

ABSTRACT

Harmful algae blooms (HABs), caused by severe eutrophication and extreme weather, have spread all over the world, posing adverse effects on eco-environment and human health. Microcystis aeruginosa is the dominant harmful cyanobacterial species when HABs occur, and the toxic metabolites produced by it, microcystins, are even fatal to humans. Photocatalytic technology has received wide attention from researchers for its clean and energy-efficient features, while the basic mechanisms and modification methods of photocatalysts have also been widely reported. In recent years, photocatalytic technology has shown great promise in the inhibition of HABs. In this article, we systematically reviewed the progress in photocatalytic performance and algae removal efficiency, discuss the damage mechanisms of photocatalysts for algae removal, including physical damage and various oxidative stresses, and also explore the degradation rates and possible pathways of microcystins. It can be concluded that during the photocatalytic process, the cytoarchitectural integrity of algae cells was damaged, a variety of important protein and enzyme systems were disrupted, and the antioxidant systems collapsed due to the continuous attack of ROS, which adversely affected the normal physiological activities and growth, resulting in the inactivation of algae cells. Moreover, photocatalysts have a degrading effect on microcystins, thus reducing the adverse effects of HAB. Finally, a brief summary of future research priorities regarding the photocatalytic degradation of algae cells is presented. This study helps to enhance the understanding of the destruction mechanism of Microcystis aeruginosa during the photocatalytic process, and provides a reference for the photodegradation of HAB in water bodies.


Subject(s)
Microcystis , Humans , Microcystis/metabolism , Microcystins/metabolism , Harmful Algal Bloom , Antioxidants/metabolism , Oxidative Stress
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Environ Res ; 215(Pt 1): 114216, 2022 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36057334

ABSTRACT

In this work, a floating photocatalyst was constructed by loading g-C3N4@Bi2MoO6@AgI (GBA) nanocomposite on a modified polyurethane sponge via a simple dip-coating method and applied for the inactivation of Microcystis aeruginosa under visible light. GBA ternary photocatalyst was fabricated successfully and the morphology, structure, chemical state, and optical properties were characterized systematically. The floating catalyst achieved near 100% removal efficiency of algae cells under 6 h visible light irradiation and also could be retrieved and used at least three times repeatedly. The influences of various conditions on photocatalytic performance such as loading content of nanoparticles, algae density, and concentration of natural organic matters were also studied, which revealed that the GBA floating catalyst exhibited excellent photocatalytic performance of algae removal under different conditions. Furthermore, the physiological characteristics of algae cells during the photocatalytic process, including cell morphology, membrane permeability, Zeta potential, photosynthetic system, antioxidant system, and the metabolic activity were investigated. Results confirmed that the algae cells were severely damaged during the photocatalytic inactivation and the normal physiological functions were significantly affected, which resulted in the death of algae cells at last. Finally, a possible photocatalytic inactivation mechanism of algae cells was proposed. In summary, GBA floating catalyst can effectively inactivate Microcystis aeruginosa under visible light, which confirmed the high efficiency of the novel photocatalytic algae removal technology. Meanwhile, the recyclable floating material also makes the practical application in eutrophic waters of the algae removal technology possible.


Subject(s)
Microcystis , Antioxidants , Bismuth , Catalysis , Light , Microcystis/chemistry , Molybdenum , Polyurethanes
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Adv Sci (Weinh) ; 9(13): e2105125, 2022 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35257518

ABSTRACT

Biodegradable organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) have drawn tremendous attention for potential applications such as green electronic skins, degradable flexible displays, and novel implantable devices. However, it remains a huge challenge to simultaneously achieve high mobility, stable operation and controllable biodegradation of OFETs, because most of the widely used biodegradable insulating materials contain large amounts of hydrophilic groups. Herein, it is firstly proposed fungal-degradation ultraflexible OFETs based on the crosslinked dextran (C-dextran) as dielectric layer. The crosslinking strategy effectively eliminates polar hydrophilic groups and improves water and solvent resistance of dextran dielectric layer. The device with spin-coated 2,7-dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (C8-BTBT) semiconductor and C-dextran dielectric exhibits the highest mobility up to 7.72 cm2 V-1 s-1 , which is higher than all the reported degradable OFETs. Additionally, the device still maintains high performance regardless of in an environment humidity up to 80% or under the extreme bending radius of 0.0125 mm. After completion of their mission, the device can be controllably biodegraded by fungi without any adverse environmental effects, promoting the natural ecological cycles with the concepts of "From nature, for nature". This work opens up a new avenue for realizing high-performance biodegradable OFETs, and advances the process of the "green" electrical devices in practical applications.


Subject(s)
Dextrans , Wearable Electronic Devices , Climate , Fungi , Semiconductors
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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int ; 29(20): 29993-30003, 2022 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34997489

ABSTRACT

In this work, a series of Ag3PO4/g-C3N4 (AG) photocatalysts were synthesized. After characterizing the properties, the effects of mass ratio, light intensity, and material dosages on photodegradation were investigated. The material with a 1/2 mass ratio of Ag3PO4/g-C3N4 showed the highest photocatalytic activity under visible light, and the removal efficiency reached 90.22% for an initial suspended algae concentration of 2.7 × 106 cells/mL, 0.1 g of AG, and 3 h of irradiation. These results showed that the conductivity was increased while the total protein and COD contents of the algae suspension were declined rapidly. In contrast, the variations in the malondialdehyde (MDA) level suggested that the algae cell wall was severely damaged and that selective permeability of the membrane was significantly affected. A possible photocatalytic mechanism was proposed and •O2- was shown to be the major reactive oxygen species in the photocatalysis. In summary, during the visible light photocatalytic process, the cell structure was destroyed, which caused the leakage of electrolyte, the inactivation of protein, and the inhibition of photosynthesis; finally, the cells died. This study provides a reference for photodegradation of algae pollution in water bodies.


Subject(s)
Microcystis , Catalysis , Light , Photolysis
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Research (Wash D C) ; 2021: 9897353, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34957407

ABSTRACT

Scarcity of the antisolvent polymer dielectrics and their poor stability have significantly prevented solution-processed ultraflexible organic transistors from low-temperature, large-scale production for applications in low-cost skin-inspired electronics. Here, we present a novel low-temperature solution-processed PEI-EP polymer dielectric with dramatically enhanced thermal stability, humidity stability, and frequency stability compared with the conventional PVA/c-PVA and c-PVP dielectrics, by incorporating polyethyleneimine PEI as crosslinking sites in nonhydroxyl epoxy EP. The PEI-EP dielectric requires a very low process temperature as low as 70°C and simultaneously possesses the high initial decomposition temperature (340°C) and glass transition temperature (230°C), humidity-resistant dielectric properties, and frequency-independent capacitance. Integrated into the solution-processed C8-BTBT thin-film transistors, the PEI-EP dielectric enables the device stable operation in air within 2 months and in high-humidity environment from 20 to 100% without significant performance degradation. The PEI-EP dielectric transistor array also presents weak hysteresis transfer characteristics, excellent electrical performance with 100% operation rate, high mobility up to 7.98 cm2 V-1 s-1 (1 Hz) and average mobility as high as 5.3 cm2 V-1 s-1 (1 Hz), excellent flexibility with the normal operation at the bending radius down to 0.003 mm, and foldable and crumpling-resistant capability. These results reveal the great potential of PEI-EP polymer as dielectric of low-temperature solution-processed ultraflexible organic transistors and open a new strategy for the development and applications of next-generation low-cost skin electronics.

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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ; 13(41): 49085-49095, 2021 Oct 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34612643

ABSTRACT

All-paper sensors that are capable of free cutting and folding maximize the merits of papers, which fully utilize the unique potential of papers in cost effectiveness, flexibility, disposability, biodegradability, and a flexible design. However, most of the paper sensors have applied metals as the electrodes and polyimide/polydimethylsiloxane as the encapsulation/sensitive layers, limiting the advantages of the paper sensor. In this work, an all-paper, shape-designable, and reconfigurable capacitive pressure/proximity sensor is fabricated with multilayered tissue paper as the dielectric and polypyrrole printer paper as the electrode/encapsulation. Without the restriction of heterogeneous materials, the all-paper components enable the sensors' flexible shape design for freely cuttable and foldable 2D and 3D sensors including a 2D braille keyboard and even allow reconfiguration from a 3D box sensor to a 3D candy sensor. The all-paper sensor presents superior pressure-sensing performance (0.96 kPa-1 at <1.76 kPa and 0.09 kPa-1 at 1.76-22 kPa) and proximity-sensing ability. The sensing mechanism of the sensor is directly revealed from tissue paper changes using in situ 3D microscopy and dielectric measurement experiments. These results provide inspiration for realizing shape-designable and reconfigurable 3D sensors and fully demonstrate the application potential in omnidirectional perception, stretchable sensors, and green electronics.

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Adv Mater ; 33(44): e2101633, 2021 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34480384

ABSTRACT

High-mobility polymer field-effect transistors (PFETs) are being actively explored for applications in soft electronic skin and low-cost flexible displays because of their superior solution processability, mechanical flexibility, and stretchability. However, most of high-mobility PFETs often deviate from the idealized behavior with variable mobility, large threshold voltage, and high off-state current, which masks their intrinsic properties and significantly impedes their practical applications. Here, it is first revealed that interface strain between polymer thin film and rigid substrate plays a crucial role in determining the ideality of PFETs, and demonstrate that various ideal conformable PFETs can be successfully fabricated by releasing strain. It is found that strain in film can be released by one-step peeling strategy, which can reduce π-π stacking distance and suppress generation of oxygen doped carriers, thereby obtaining linearly injected charge carriers and decreased carrier concentration in channel, eventually realizing ideal PFETs. More impressively, the fabricated ideal conformable PFET array displays outstanding conformability to curved objects, and meanwhile showing excellent organic light-emitting display driving capability. The work clarifies the effect of the interface strain on the device ideality, and strain can be effectively released by a facile peeling strategy, thus offering useful guidance for the construction of ideal conformable PFETs.

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Chemistry ; 27(39): 10115-10122, 2021 Jul 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34101277

ABSTRACT

The development of high-performance and low-cost durable triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) is essential for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. Many organic polymer friction materials used widely have thermal stability problems, which makes TENGs with semiconductors as friction materials stand out. Here, we report a semi-flexible TENG based on metal and TiO2 modified by polyoxometalates (POMs) as pure inorganic friction materials. Six different POMs are firstly selected to modify the friction materials of TENGs, and the output performance of TENGs with different POMs-modified semiconductors and different metals as friction materials are tested. Compared with the unmodified TENGs, the open-circuit voltage (VOC ) of the optimal Ag-K6 P2 Mo18 O62 (P2 Mo18 )/TiO2 TENG device is increased by more than 4 times, which is mainly attributed to the strong electron-accepting and storage capabilities of POMs. This study has demonstrated that TENGs modified by POMs have potential application prospects and provided a new method for increasing the electrical output of TENGs.

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Adv Sci (Weinh) ; 8(9): 2004050, 2021 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33977061

ABSTRACT

Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) are identified to be the most promising candidate for next-generation wearable and implantable electronics because of their unique advantages including their flexibility, low cost, long-term biocompatibility, and simple packaging. However, commercialization of organic transistors remains an enormous challenge due to their low mobility and lack of scalable strategy for high-precise soft devices. Here, a novel photolithography fabrication strategy is proposed, which is completely compatible with various commercial organic semiconductor materials, for the first demonstration of the fully photolithographic top-contact conformable OTFTs with the device density as high as 1523 transistors cm-2. Excellent electrical and mechanical properties with device yield as high as 100%, field-effect mobility up to 1-2 cm2 V-1 s-1, and outstanding conformability are shown. This work provides a new strategy that can fully maximize the advantages of organic materials and photolithography technology, showing a great prospect in the development of high-performance, high-precise organic devices toward the commercialized and industrialized soft electronic products.

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