High n-type and p-type conductivities and power factors achieved in a single conjugated polymer.

ABSTRACT: The charge transport properties of conjugated polymers are commonly limited by the energetic disorder. Recently, several amorphous conjugated polymers with planar backbone conformations and low energetic disorder have been investigated for applications in field-effect transistors and thermoelectrics. However, there is a lack of strategy to finely tune the interchain π-π contacts of these polymers that severely restricts the energetic disorder of interchain charge transport. Here, we demonstrate that it is feasible to achieve excellent conductivity and thermoelectric performance in polymers based on thiophene-fused benzodifurandione oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) through reducing the crystallization rate of side chains and, in this way, carefully controlling the degree of interchain π-π

SUBMITTER: Yu ZD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9956111 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature