title: Rylene and related diimides for organic electronics.
abstract: Organic electron-transporting materials are essential for the fabrication of organic p-n junctions, photovoltaic cells, n-channel field-effect transistors, and complementary logic circuits. Rylene diimides are a robust, versatile class of polycyclic aromatic electron-transport materials with excellent thermal and oxidative stability, high electron affinities, and, in many cases, high electron mobilities; they are, therefore, promising candidates for a variety of organic electronics applications. In this review, recent developments in the area of high-electron-mobility diimides based on rylenes and related aromatic cores, particularly perylene- and naphthalene-diimide-based small molecules and polymers, for application in high-performance organic field-effect transistors and photovoltaic cells are summarized and analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. xwzhan@iccas.ac.cn
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Facchetti
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: Tobin J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ratner
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wasielewski
authors.forename: Seth R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Marder
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004581:Electronics / Q000379:methods*; D007094:Imides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
chemical_list: D007094:Imides; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D011108:Polymers