N-type polymer semiconductors incorporating para, meta, and ortho-carborane in the conjugated backbone
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We report on three novel n-type conjugated polymer semiconductors incorporating carborane in the polymer backbone and demonstrate their applicability in optoelectronic devices. Comparing the optoelectronic properties of para-, meta-, and ortho-carborane isomers revealed similar energetic characteristics between the different polymers, with the carborane unit acting as a “conjugation breaker”, confining electron delocalisation to the conjugated moieties. The fabrication of all-polymer organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and thin-film transistors (TFTs) revealed some differences in device performance between the polymers, with the meta-carborane based polymer exhibiting superior performance in both OPV and TFT devices.
Date Issued
2022-02
Date Acceptance
2021-12-23
Citation
Polymer, 2022, 240, pp.124481-124481
ISSN
0032-3861
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Start Page
124481
End Page
124481
Journal / Book Title
Polymer
Volume
240
Copyright Statement
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Sponsor
EPSRC
The Royal Society
Kaust
EPRSC
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386121011046?via%3Dihub
Grant Number
EP/L016702/1
RSWF\R1\180001
OSR-2019-CRG8-4095.2
EP/T028513/1
Subjects
03 Chemical Sciences
09 Engineering
Polymers
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
124481