n-Type Organic Electrochemical Transistors with High Transconductance and Stability
byYazhou
Wang, Genming
Zhu, Erica
Zeglio, Tania
Cecilia Hidalgo Castillo, Sheik
Haseena, Anna
Herland, Iain
McCulloch, Sahika
Inal, Wan
Yue
Year:2022DOI:doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c02447
Abstract
An n-type conjugated polymer based on
diazaisoindigo (AIID) and fluorinated thiophene units is introduced. Combining
the strong electron-accepting properties of AIID with backbone fluorination
produced gAIID-2FT, leading to organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) with
normalized values of 4.09 F cm–1 V–1 s–1 and a normalized transconductance (gm,norm) of 0.94 S cm–1. The resulting OECTs exhibit exceptional
operational stability and long shelf-life in ambient conditions, preserving
100% of the original maximum drain current after over 3 h of continuous
operation and 28 days of storage in the air. Our work highlights the advantages
of integrating strong electron acceptors with donor fluorination to boost the
performance and stability of n-type OECTs.