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Bromination and cyanation for improving electron transport performance of anthra-tetrathiophene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2016

Jun Yin ,
Kadali Chaitanya  and
Xue-Hai Ju
Jun Yin
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials of MOE, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
Kadali Chaitanya
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials of MOE, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
Xue-Hai Ju*
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials of MOE, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: xhju@njust.edu.cn
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Abstract

The charge transport properties of anthra-tetrathiophene (ATT) and its brominated and cyanated derivatives (TBATT and TCATT) were investigated by the density functional theory (DFT) coupled with incoherent charge-hopping model. The crystal structure of TCATT is predicted by the dispersion-corrected DFT (DFT-D) method, and those of ATT and TBATT are retrieved from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center. The introduction of electron-withdrawing substituents of bromine and cyano decreases the frontier molecular orbital energies but increases the electron affinities, which is beneficial to electron injection and guarantees charge carrier stabilization. The π–π stacking of neighbor molecules with a short distance and large coupling area contributes to the largest transfer integral. The predicted electron mobility of TCATT reaches up to 1.851 cm2/(V·s), indicating that the cyanation of ATT is favorable for improving the electron transport. The angular dependent simulation for electron mobility shows that the electron transport is remarkably anisotropic.

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anthra-tetrathiophene (ATT)bromination and cyanationcrystal structure predictiondensity functional theory (DFT)organic semiconductorcharge carrier properties

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , 15 February 2016 , pp. 337 - 347
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Contributing Editor: Susan B. Sinnott

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