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2019-10-22

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Tam, Teck Lip Dexter
Ng, Chee Koon
Lim, Siew Lay
Yıldırım, Erol
Ko, Jieun
Leong, Wei Lin
Yang, Shuo-Wang
Xu, Jianwei

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P-doping of conjugated polymers requires electron transfer from the conjugated polymer to the p-dopant. This implies that the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the conjugated polymer has to be higher than the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the p-dopant. Although commonly used p-dopants such as 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4TCNQ) have a low LUMO of -5.24 eV, most conjugated polymers used in high-performance field-effect transistors are donor- acceptor-type polymers with deep HOMO values, making them difficult to be effectively doped by F4TCNQ Here, we utilized the proquinoidal 2,6-dialkyl-benzo[1,2-d;4,5-d']-bistriazole (BBTa26) moiety in conjugated polymers to destabilize HOMO, allowing effective p-doping using very dilute F4TCNQ solutions. The extent of the quinoidal character and hence their intrinsic conductivities and the ability to be doped are dependent on the dihedral angles and aromaticity of the aryl spacer groups along the polymer backbone. Intrinsic conductivities as high as 10(-2) S cm(-1) were achieved. Upon doping using F4TCNQ, highly delocalized polarons were observed. As such, electrical conductivities of over 100 S cm(-1) and an enhancement of the Seebeck coefficient from carrier-induced softening can be achieved. A maximum power factor of 11.8 mu W m(-1) K-2 was achieved in thin-film thermoelectric devices. These results are among the highest for solution-phase p-doping using F4TCNQ without additional processing.

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Materials Chemistry, General Chemistry, General Chemical Engineering

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48236

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