Abstract
An important strategy for realizing flexible complementary circuits with organic semiconductors is to achieve balanced ambipolar charge transport properties with reduced anisotropy. Here, we present a series of star-shaped diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based organic materials synthesized for improved intermolecular charge transport while retaining the ambipolar charge transport properties of their linear counterparts. Steady-state UV–visible spectroscopic studies confirm that the oligomers are highly aggregated in the thin film as evidenced from appearance of prominent vibronic features and red-shifted absorption bands. Ambipolar transport properties of these materials were verified in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). The results show that the star-shaped DPP systems have the potential to outperform their linear counterparts in devices.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2037-2046 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | ACS Applied Electronic Materials |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 3 2019 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: S.R. thanks the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, for Dr. D. S. Kothari’s postdoctoral fellowship. S.P. thanks the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India, for a Swarnajayanti fellowship and acknowledges financial support from UKRI Global Challenge Research Fund Project, SUNRISE (Grant EP/P032591/1). We sincerely acknowledge CENSE, IISc for the AFM, GIXRD, and UPS measurements.