title: Solution-processable ambipolar diketopyrrolopyrrole-selenophene polymer with unprecedentedly high hole and electron mobilities.
abstract: There is a fast-growing demand for polymer-based ambipolar thin-film transistors (TFTs), in which both n-type and p-type transistor operations are realized in a single layer, while maintaining simplicity in processing. Research progress toward this end is essentially fueled by molecular engineering of the conjugated backbones of the polymers and the development of process architectures for device fabrication, which has recently led to hole and electron mobilities of more than 1.0 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1). However, ambipolar polymers with even higher performance are still required. By taking into account both the conjugated backbone and side chains of the polymer component, we have developed a dithienyl-diketopyrrolopyrrole (TDPP) and selenophene containing polymer with hybrid siloxane-solubilizing groups (PTDPPSe-Si). A synergistic combination of rational polymer backbone design, side-chain dynamics, and solution processing affords an enormous boost in ambipolar TFT performance, resulting in unprecedentedly high hole and electron mobilities of 3.97 and 2.20 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1), respectively.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy, KIER-UNIST Advanced Center for Energy, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 689-798, South Korea.
authors.forename: Junghoon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: A-Reum
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jonggi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yiho
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Joon Hak
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Changduk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang