Universal Strategy for Efficient Electron Injection into Organic Semiconductors Utilizing Hydrogen Bonds

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Veröffentlicht in:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 31(2019), 43 vom: 19. Okt., Seite e1904201
1. Verfasser: Fukagawa, Hirohiko (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hasegawa, Munehiro, Morii, Katsuyuki, Suzuki, Kazuma, Sasaki, Tsubasa, Shimizu, Takahisa
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2019
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Schlagworte:Journal Article electron injection flexible electronics hydrogen bonds organic light-emitting diodes
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Molecular n-dopants that can lower the electron injection barrier between organic semiconductors and electrodes are essential in present-day organic electronics. However, the development of stable molecular n-dopants remains difficult owing to their low ionization potential, which generally renders them unstable. It is shown that the stable bases widely used in organic synthesis as catalysts can lower the electron injection barrier similar to that in conventional n-doping in organic optoelectronic devices. In contrast to conventional n-doping, which is based on the electron transfer from dopants with low ionization potential, the reduction of the injection barrier caused by adding bases is determined by the formation of hydrogen bonds between the hosts and the bases, providing energy-level-independent electron injection. The observation of the efficient electron injection induced by hydrogen bonding affords new perspectives on the method for controlling the behavior of electrons unique to organic semiconductors
Beschreibung:Date Completed 25.10.2019
Date Revised 01.10.2020
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.201904201