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An isoindigo-bithiazole-based acceptor-acceptor copolymer for balanced ambipolar organic thin-film transistors

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Balanced carrier transport is observed in acceptor-acceptor (A-A′) type polymer for ambipolar organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs). It is found that the incorporation of two electron-accepting moieties (BTz and IIG) into a polymer main chain to form A-A′ polymer PIIG-BTz could lower highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) levels and facilitate good molecular stacking of the polymer. Ambipolar transistor behaviour for PIIG-BTz, with the balanced hole and electron mobilities of 0.030 and 0.022 cm2 V−1 s−1 was observed in OTFT devices, respectively. The study in this work reveals that the utilization of acceptor-acceptor (A-A′) structure in polymer main chain can be a feasible strategy to develop ambipolar polymer semiconductors.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Large-Format Battery Materials and System, Ministry of Education, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Ping Li, Long Xu, Fei Xiao, Zhengran Yi & Shuai Wang

  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Ping Li, Long Xu, Fei Xiao, Zhengran Yi & Shuai Wang

  3. Flexible Electronics Research Center, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Shuai Wang

  4. State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Shuai Wang

  5. School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University ofScience and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Shuai Wang

  6. State Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Beijing, 100190, China

    Hanlin Wang, Lanchao Ma & Yunqi Liu

  7. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Hanlin Wang, Lanchao Ma & Yunqi Liu

  8. Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Hanlin Wang, Lanchao Ma & Yunqi Liu

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Li, P., Wang, H., Ma, L. et al. An isoindigo-bithiazole-based acceptor-acceptor copolymer for balanced ambipolar organic thin-film transistors. Sci. China Chem. 59, 679–683 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-015-0511-9

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