Acta Chimica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 82 ›› Issue (9): 954-961.DOI: 10.6023/A24060204 Previous Articles     Next Articles

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核扩展萘二酰亚胺-插烯四硫富瓦烯衍生物的设计合成与性能研究

何萌萌a,b,†, 张瑞b,c,†, 谢玉龙b,c, 葛从伍b,*(), 高希珂b,*()   

  1. a 四川师范大学 化学与材料科学学院 成都 610066
    b 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所 金属有机化学国家重点实验室 上海 200032
    c 中国科学技术大学 化学与材料科学学院 合肥 230026
  • 投稿日期:2024-06-27 发布日期:2024-07-19
  • 作者简介:
    †作者对文章贡献一致
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(22225506); 中国科学院战略性先导科技专项B类(XDB0520101); 上海市启明星计划(21QA1411100); 中国科学院青年创新促进会(2022252)

Design, Synthesis and Property Study of a π-Expanded Naphthalene Diimide-Vinylogous Tetrathiafulvalene Derivative

Mengmeng Hea,b,†, Rui Zhangb,c,†, Yulong Xieb,c, Congwu Geb,*(), Xike Gaob,*()   

  1. a College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066
    b State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032
    c School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026
  • Received:2024-06-27 Published:2024-07-19
  • Contact: *E-mail: gecongwu@sioc.ac.cn,gaoxk@mail.sioc.ac.cn
  • About author:
    †(The authors contributed equally to this work).
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(22225506); Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB0520101); Shanghai Rising-Star Program(21QA1411100); Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(2022252)

Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) is the basic unit of complementary logic circuit, however, the development of n-type OFETs lags behind of p-type ones due to the barrier of electron injection and the interference from oxygen and water, which hinders the development of complementary logic circuit. Therefore, the design and synthesis of high-performance n-type organic semiconductors and the improvement of device performance and stability have important scientific significance. In this work, a novel naphthalene diimide (NDI)-vinylogous tetrathiafulvalene derivative (BDTNDI-DTYA)2was designed and synthesized via a π-expanded strategy by fusing the benzene-1,2-dithiol (BDT) and 2-(1,3-dithiol-2-ylidene) acetonitrile (DTYA) moieties onto the NDI core. The chemical structure of the compound was characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). The thermal, optical and electrochemical properties of (BDTNDI-DTYA)2 were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectra and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The energy levels of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of (BDTNDI-DTYA)2 calculated from CV were -5.66 and -4.01 eV, respectively. The edge absorption of (BDTNDI-DTYA)2 in thin film showed obvious red-shift (68 nm) relative to that in CHCl3 solution, indicating strong intermolecular interactions in solid state. The bottom-gate and top-contact (BGTC) OFETs based on (BDTNDI-DTYA)2 fabricated by spin-coating method, showed n-type electron transporting characteristics. The average electron mobility of the untreated devices was 0.04 cm2•V-1•s-1 when measured in nitrogen atmosphere and was increased of up to 1.00 cm2•V-1•s-1 when the thin films of (BDTNDI-DTYA)2were thermal annealed at 160 ℃. On the other hand, azulene was used as an additive to treat the thin films of (BDTNDI-DTYA)2 via sublimation, the average electron mobility of OFETs was increased to 0.98 cm2•V-1•s-1. The effect of thermal annealing treatment and azulene-treatment on the performance of (BDTNDI- DTYA)2-based OFETs were investigated by UV-Vis absorption spectra, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray dif-fraction (XRD). For UV-Vis absorption spectra of thin films of (BDTNDI-DTYA)2, after thermal annealing at 160 ℃ and azulene-treatment, the absorption peak in long-wavelength was enhanced and widened relative to that of the untreated thin films with obvious shoulder peaks and red-shifts (35 and 39 nm, respectively). The AFM and XRD results indicated that the improvement of device performance originated from the improved (BDTNDI-DTYA)2 thin film crystallinity and morphology. In this work, a π-expanded NDI-vinylogous tetrathiafulvalene derivative as n-type organic semiconductor was designed and synthesized, and azulene was used for the first time to effectively regulated the structure and morphology of the active layer of OFETs, which both provide new insights for development of novel organic semiconductors and their high performance OFET devices.

Key words: naphthalene diimide, n-type organic field-effect transistors, electron mobility, structure-performance relationship, additive