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3-Methylcyclohexanone Processed n-Channel Organic Thin-Film Transistors Based on A Conjugated Polymer Synthesized by Direct Arylation Polycondensation

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The solubility of a direct arylation polycondensation (DArP) synthesized conjugated polymer, i.e., poly(3,6-bis(furan-2-yl)-2,5-bis(4-tetradecyloctadecyl)-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4(2H,5H)-dione-alt-1,2-bis(3,4-difluorothien-2-yl)ethene) (PFuDPP-4FTVT), in various organic solvents was studied. The polymer is soluble in 3-methylcyclohexanone (3-MC), a green solvent from peppermint oil, besides other solvents such as anisole, cyclopentyl methyl ether (CPME) and o-dichlorobenzene (o-DCB), etc. Based on the Hansen solubility parameters (HSP) analysis, 3-MC is identified as a “marginal solvent” of PFuDPP-4FTVT. The morphology of the spin-coated films with 3-MC as the solvent strongly correlated with the solution preparation conditions. With a 3-MC solution aged for 3 h at 70 °C, n-channel organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) with electron mobility (μe) above 1 cm2·V−1·s−1 and current on/off ratio (Ion/Ioff) higher than 105 were fabricated by spin-coating. This is the first report on high mobility conjugated polymers for OTFTs processible with naturally occurred green solvent.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51933008 and 52121002) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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    Dong-Sheng Yan, Xu-Wen Zhang, Chen-Hui Xu, Yi-Bo Shi, Yun-Feng Deng, Yang Han & Yan-Hou Geng

  2. State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Fibers and Energy Storage, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China

    Zhong-Li Wang

  3. Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Fuzhou, 350207, China

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Yan, DS., Zhang, XW., Wang, ZL. et al. 3-Methylcyclohexanone Processed n-Channel Organic Thin-Film Transistors Based on A Conjugated Polymer Synthesized by Direct Arylation Polycondensation. Chin J Polym Sci 41, 824–831 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-023-2937-z

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