Title
Fluoropolymer-diluted small molecule organic semiconductors with extreme thermal stability
Date Issued
24 December 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Price J.
Wang B.
Kim T.
Grede A.
Sandoval J.
Xie R.
Shen Y.
Adams D.
Eller M.
Sokolov A.
Mukhopadhyay S.
Trefonas P.
Schweikert E.
Giebink N.
Universidad del Estado de Pensilvania
Publisher(s)
American Institute of Physics Inc.
Abstract
Thermal stability is important for many thin film organic semiconductor devices but is challenging due to their weakly Van der Waals-bonded nature. Here, we show that diluting common small molecule hole transport materials through co-evaporation with the amorphous fluoropolymer Teflon AF leads to a dramatic improvement in their thermal and morphological stability without sacrificing electrical performance. Blend films with 25 vol. % Teflon decrease the drive voltage of single layer hole-only devices by more than 30% and dramatically increase their operating temperature limit to over 250 °C. The stability improvement appears to result from a nanoscale network of Teflon chains that repolymerize throughout the blend film following evaporation and inhibit gross movement of the organic semiconductor molecules. These results open up a pathway to stabilize the morphology of small molecule organic semiconductors and point to a more general opportunity to exploit semiconductor dilution to systematically vary thermal, optical, and other material properties without compromising electrical transport.
Volume
113
Issue
26
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia de los polímeros Nano-tecnología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85059528684
Source
Applied Physics Letters
ISSN of the container
00036951
Source funding
Dow Chemical Company
Sponsor(s)
This research was supported by the Dow Chemical Company.
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