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Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymers with and without Ring-Fusion

Macromolecules, 2021-01, Vol.54 (2), p.970 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1520-5835 ;ISSN: 0024-9297 ;EISSN: 1520-5835 ;DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02326

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  • Title:
    Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymers with and without Ring-Fusion
  • Author: Zhuang, Wenliu ; Wang, Suhao ; Tao, Qiang ; Ma, Wei ; Berggren, Magnus ; Fabiano, Simone ; Zhu, Weiguo ; Wang, Ergang
  • Is Part Of: Macromolecules, 2021-01, Vol.54 (2), p.970
  • Description: Diketopyrrolopyrroles (DPP) have been recognized as a promising acceptor unit for construction of semiconducting donor-acceptor (D-A) polymers, which are typically flanked by spacers such as thiophene rings via a carbon-carbon single bond formation. It may suffer from a decrease in the coplanarity of the molecules especially when bulky side chains are installed. In this work, the two N atoms in the DPP unit are further fused with C-3 of the two flanking thiophene rings, yielding a p-expanded, very planar fused-ring building block (DPPFu). A novel DPPFu-based D-A copolymer (PBDTT-DPPFu) was successfully synthesized, consisting of a benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b]dithiophene (BDTT) unit as a donor and a DPPFu unit as an acceptor. For comparison, the unfused DPP-based counterpart PBDTT-DPP was also synthesized. Two dodecyl alkyl chains were attached to thiophene rings of DPP moieties to ensure good solubility of the DPPFu-based polymer. The influence of the ring-fusion effect on their structure, photophysical properties, electronic properties, molecular packing, and charge transport properties is investigated. Ring-fusion enhances the intermolecular interactions of PBDTT-DPPFu polymer chains as indicated by density functional theory calculation and analysis of electrostatic potential and van der Waals potential and results in significantly improved molecular packing for both the in-plane and out-of-plane directions as suggested by X-ray measurements. Finally, we correlate the molecular packing to the device performance by fabricating field-effect transistors based on these two polymers. The charge carrier mobility of the ring-fused polymer PBDTT-DPPFu is significantly higher as compared to the PBDTT-DPP polymer without ring-fusion, although PBDTT-DPPFu exhibited a much lower number-average molecular weight of 17 kDa as compared to PBDTT-DPP with a molecular weight of 108 kDa. The results from our comparative study provide a robust way to increase the interchain interaction by ring-fusion-promoted coplanarity.
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1520-5835
    ISSN: 0024-9297
    EISSN: 1520-5835
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02326
  • Source: SWEPUB Freely available online
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