Erratum: Diseleno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]selenophene-Containing High-Mobility Conjugated Polymer for Organic Field-Effect Transistors.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1002/advs.201900245.].

Diseleno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]selenophene-Containing High-Mobility Conjugated Polymer for Organic Field-Effect Transistors.

The synthesis of a diseleno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]selenophene (DSS) composed of three fused selenophenes is reported and it is used as a building block for the preparation of a high hole mobility conjugated polymer (PDSSTV). The polymer demonstrates strong intermolecular interactions even in solution, despite steric repulsion between the large Se atom in DSS and adjacent (Cß)-H atoms which leads to a partially twisted confirmation PDSSTV. Nevertheless, 2D grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (2D-GIXD) analysis reveals that the polymer tends to align in a highly ordered edge-on orientation after thermal annealing. The polymer demonstrates promising performance in a field-effect transistor device with saturated hole mobility up to 2 cm2 V-1 s-1 obtained under relatively low gate voltages of -30 V. The ultilization of a Se-containing fused aromatic system, therefore, appears to be a promising avenue for the development of high-performance conjugated polymers.

Controlled integration of oligo- and polythiophenes at the molecular scale.

High molecular weight PBTTT-C12 is blended with the pure trimer, BTTT-3, to enhance intergrain connectivity and charge transport. Analysis of the morphology and crystallinity of the blends shows that the polymer and oligomer are well-integrated, leading to high hole mobilities, greater than 0.1 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), in films that contain as much as 83% oligomer.

Photoinduced carrier generation and decay dynamics in intercalated and non-intercalated polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunctions.

The dependence of photoinduced carrier generation and decay on donor-acceptor nanomorphology is reported as a function of composition for blends of the polymer poly(2,5-bis(3-tetradecylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene) (pBTTT-C(14)) with two electron-accepting fullerenes: phenyl-C(71)-butyric acid methyl ester (PC(71)BM) or the bisadduct of phenyl-C(61)-butyric acid methyl ester (bis-PC(61)BM). The formation of partially or fully intercalated bimolecular crystals at weight ratios up to 1:1 for pBTTT-C(14):PC(71)BM blends leads to efficient exciton quenching due to a combination of static and dynamic mechanisms. At higher fullerene loadings, pure PC(71)BM domains are formed that result in an enhanced free carrier lifetime, as a consequence of spatial separation of the electron and hole into different phases, and the dominant contribution to the photoconductance comes from the high-frequency electron mobility in the fullerene clusters. In the pBTTT-C(14):bis-PC(61)BM system, phase separation results in a non-intercalated structure, independent of composition, which is characterized by exciton quenching that is dominated by a dynamic process, an enhanced carrier lifetime and a hole-dominated photoconductance signal. The results indicate that intercalation of fullerene into crystalline polymer domains is not detrimental to the density of long-lived carriers, suggesting that efficient organic photovoltaic devices could be fabricated that incorporate intercalated structures, provided that an additional pure fullerene phase is present for charge extraction.