Bulky end-capped [1]benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophenes: reaching high-mobility organic semiconductors by fine tuning of the crystalline solid-state order.

Schweicher, Guillaume; Lemaur, Vincent; Niebel, Claude; Ruzié, Christian; Diao, Ying; Goto, Osamu; Lee, Wen-Ya; Kim, Yeongin et al. · Adv Mater · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A series of bulky end-capped [1]benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophenes (BTBTs) are developed in order to tune the packing structure via terminal substitution. A coupled theoretical and experimental study allows us to identify 2,7-di-tert-butylBTBT as a new high-performance organic semiconductor with large and well-balanced transfer integrals, as evidenced by quantum-chemical calculations. Single-crystal field-effect transistors show a remarkable average saturation mobility of 7.1 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) .