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Low-power complementary organic circuits need to combine p-channel organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) and n-channel OFETs, which are based on p-type and n-type organic semiconductors, respectively. Unfortunately, the performance of n-type organic semiconductors still lags behind that of p-type organic semiconductors. In this work, the performance of solution-processed n-type OFETs was improved via a facile effective route, by blending a p-type organic semiconductor into the n-type polymer semiconductor. The effect of the p-type organic semiconductor additive on the morphology and charge transport was systematically investigated. It showed that the mobility, on/off ratio and stability of the n-type OFETs were significantly improved with incorporation of the p-type semiconductor. The p-type organic semiconductor functioned as a trap center for minority holes and decreased the trap density of the dielectric surface, resulting in an enhancement of the OFET performance. Moreover, blending with an appropriate amount of p-type organic semiconductor also benefited to reset polymer semiconductors stacking order into the direction that promoted charge transport. However, excess p-type semiconductor addition deteriorated the n-channel characteristics due to the formation of a percolation network, providing a pathway for hole transport. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report about improving the performance of n-type polymer transistors by simply blending with a p-type organic semiconductor.
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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C
ISSN: 2050-7526
Year: 2019
Issue: 15
Volume: 7
Page: 4543-4550
7 . 0 5 9
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5 . 7 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:236
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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WoS CC Cited Count: 42
SCOPUS Cited Count: 45
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 1
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