Bulky end-capped [1]benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophenes: reaching high-mobility organic semiconductors by fine tuning of the crystalline solid-state order

Guillaume Schweicher, Vincent Lemaur, Claude Niebel, Christian Ruzié, Ying Diao, Osamu Goto, Wen-Ya Lee, Yeongin Kim, Jean-Baptiste Arlin, Jolanta Karpinska, Alan R. Kennedy, Sean R. Parkin, Yoann Olivier, Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld, Jérôme Cornil, Yves H. Geerts, Zhenan Bao

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Abstract

A series of bulky end-capped [1]benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophenes (BTBTs) are developed in order to tune the packing structure via terminal substitution. A coupled theoretical and experimental study allows us to identify 2,7-di-tert-butylBTBT as a new high-performance organic semiconductor with large and well-balanced transfer integrals, as evidenced by quantum-chemical calculations. Single-crystal field-effect transistors show a remarkable average saturation mobility of 7.1 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) .

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3066-3072
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume27
Issue number19
Early online date9 Apr 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 May 2015

Keywords

  • high mobility
  • organic semiconductor
  • organic transistor
  • single crystal

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