Functionalized Phenanthrene Imide-Based Polymers for n-Type Organic Thin-Film Transistors

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High-performing n-type polymers are crucial for the advance of organic electronics field, however strong electron-deficient building blocks with optimized physicochemical properties for constructing them are still limited. The imide-functionalized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with extended π-conjugated framework, high electron deficiency and good solubility serve as promising candidates for developing high-performance n-type polymers. Among the PAHs, phenanthrene (PhA) features a well-delocalized aromatic π-system with multiple modifiable active sites . However, the PhA-based imides are seldom studied, mainly attributed to the synthetic challenge. Herein, we report two functionalized PhAs, CPOI and CPCNI, by simultaneously incorporating imide with carbonyl or dicyanomethylene onto PhA. Notably, the dicyanomethylene-modified CPCNI exhibits a well stabilized LUMO energy level (-3.84 eV), attributed to the synergetic inductive effect from imide and cyano groups. Subsequently, based on CPOI and CPCNI, two polymers PCPOI-Tz and PCPCNI-Tz were developed. Applied to organic thin-film transistors, owing to the strong electron-deficiency of CPCNI, polymer PCPCNI-Tz shows an improved electron mobility and largely decreased threshold voltage compared with PCPOI-Tz. This work affords two structurally novel electron-deficient building blocks and highlights the effectiveness of dual functionalization of PhAs with strong electron-withdrawing groups for devising n-type polymers.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 63(2024), 17 vom: 22. Apr., Seite e202319627

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jianfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiage [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Wanli [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Sang Young [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Enmin [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Woo, Han Young [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhicai [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Xugang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Electron-Deficient Building Blocks
Imide-Functionalized Polymers
Journal Article
N-Type Polymers
Organic Thin-Film Transistors
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/anie.202319627

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NLM369331427