Electron-Deficient Polycyclic Molecules via Ring Fusion for n-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
; 62(1): e202213737, 2023 Jan 02.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-36349830
ABSTRACT
The primary challenge for n-type small-molecule organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) is to improve their electron mobilities and thus the key figure of merit µC*. Nevertheless, few reports in OECTs have specially proposed to address this issue. Herein, we report a 10-ring-fused polycyclic π-system consisting of the core of naphthalene bis-isatin dimer and the terminal moieties of rhodanine, which features intramolecular noncovalent interactions, high π-delocalization and strong electron-deficient characteristics. We find that this extended π-conjugated system using the ring fusion strategy displays improved electron mobilities up to 0.043â
cm2 V-1 s-1 compared to our previously reported small molecule gNR, and thereby leads to a remarkable µC* of 10.3â
F cm-1 V-1 s-1 in n-type OECTs, which is the highest value reported to date for small-molecule OECTs. This work highlights the importance of π-conjugation extension in polycyclic-fused molecules for enhancing the performance of n-type small-molecule OECTs.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
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2023
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Guam