Theoretical comparative studies on transport properties of pentacene, pentathienoacene, and 6,13-dichloropentacene
© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 36(2015), 12 vom: 05. Mai, Seite 891-900 |
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Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Journal of computational chemistry |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article 6,13-dichloropentacene charge mobility charge transport field-effect transistors pentacene pentathienoacene random walk simulation |
Zusammenfassung: | © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Pentacene derivative 6,13-dichloropentacene (DCP) is one of the latest additions to the family of organic semiconductors with a great potential for use in transistors. We carry out a detailed theoretical calculation for DCP, with systematical comparison to pentacene, pentathienoacene (PTA, the thiophene equivalent of pentacene), to gain insights in the theoretical design of organic transport materials. The charge transport parameters and carrier mobilities are investigated from the first-principles calculations, based on the widely used Marcus electron transfer theory and quantum nuclear tunneling model, coupled with random walk simulation. Molecular structure and the crystal packing type are essential to understand the differences in their transport behaviors. With the effect of molecule modification, significant one-dimensional π-stacks are found within the molecular layer in PTA and DCP crystals. The charge transport along the a-axis plays a dominant role for the carrier mobilities in the DCP crystal due to the strong transfer integrals within the a-axis. Pentacene shows a relatively large 3D mobility. This is attributed to the relatively uniform electronic couplings, which thus provides more transport pathways. PTA has a much smaller 3D mobility than pentacene and DCP for the obvious increase of the reorganization energy with the introduction of thiophene. It is found that PTA and DCP exhibit lower HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) levels and better environmental stability, indicating the potential applications in organic electronics |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 03.06.2015 Date Revised 08.04.2015 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1096-987X |
DOI: | 10.1002/jcc.23870 |