Deciphering the difference between flexible chain and hairy-rod polymer semiconductors

Natalie Stingelin

doi:10.1117/12.2680886

1 October 2023 Deciphering the difference between flexible chain and hairy-rod polymer semiconductors

Natalie Stingelin

Proceedings Volume PC12660, Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XXIV; PC126600P (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2680886
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Organic electronic materials possess unique opto-electronic and processing properties that provide broad opportunities for use in light-emitting diodes, solar-energy harvesting systems, to next-generation sensors and neuromophic computing components. These technologies have been continually improving over the past decades, aided by advancements in materials chemistry and processing innovation. State-of-the-art polymer semiconductors typically have an electron donor-acceptor (D-A) backbone structure with a number of fused ring moieties, and complex aliphatic or, e.g., ethylene-oxide side chains that decorate the backbone to provide solubility. It is important to recognize that the physical properties of the side chains are substantially different from the backbone, constituting an amphiphilic-like characteristics transverse to the backbone reminiscent of phospholipid and surfactant molecular analogs, and simple classical descriptions of amorphous vs. semicrystalline structure no longer apply. Here, we discuss how the FSC technique can be used for the identification of thermodynamic transitions of next generation D-A polymers commonly used in the organic solar cell area to obtain important structural information of this new class of materials and, in turn, establish processing guidelines towards materials of specific optical or electrical characteristics, and improved materials design for organic optoelectronic devices.

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Natalie Stingelin "Deciphering the difference between flexible chain and hairy-rod polymer semiconductors", Proc. SPIE PC12660, Organic, Hybrid, and Perovskite Photovoltaics XXIV, PC126600P (1 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2680886

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Polymers

Semiconductors

Materials processing

Organic photovoltaics

Polymer optics

Sensors

Solar cells

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