Abstract
In this communication, we report the synthesis of a novel diketopyrrolopyrrole-diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP-DPP)-based conjugated copolymer and its application in high-mobility organic field-effect transistors. Copolymerization of DPP with DPP yields a copolymer with exceptional properties such as extended absorption characteristics (up to ∼1100 nm) and field-effect electron mobility values of >1 cm 2 V -1 s -1. The synthesis of this novel DPP-DPP copolymer in combination with the demonstration of transistors with extremely high electron mobility makes this work an important step toward a new family of DPP-DPP copolymers for application in the general area of organic optoelectronics. © 2012 American Chemical Society.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 16532-16535 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 134 |
Issue number | 40 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge financial support from the Department of Science and Technology, India through the Indo-UK Apex Program and Ministry of Communication and Information Technology under a grant for the Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics, Phase II. We thank our colleagues Dr. Mallari Naik and Dr. N. Venkatramaiah for the TD-DFT calculations and support. We are grateful to Anke Helfer for GPC measurements. T.D.A. and N.Y.G. are grateful to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Grant EP/J001473/1) and the European Research Council (ERC) for financial support. Portions of this research were carried out at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, a Directorate of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science by Stanford University.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Colloid and Surface Chemistry
- General Chemistry
- Catalysis