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Enhancing the Thermoelectric Properties of Conjugated Polymers by Suppressing Dopant-Induced Disorder.

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Zhu, Wenjin 
Jacobs, Ian E 
Wood, William A 
Wang, Zichen 

Abstract

Doping is a crucial strategy to enhance the performance of various organic electronic devices. However, in many cases, the random distribution of dopants in conjugated polymers leads to the disruption of the polymer microstructure, severely constraining the achievable performance of electronic devices. Here, it is shown that by ion-exchange doping polythiophene-based P[(3HT)1-x-stat-(T)x] (x = 0 (P1), 0.12 (P2), 0.24 (P3), and 0.36 (P4)), remarkably high electrical conductivity of >400 S cm-1 and power factor of >16 µW m-1 K-2 are achieved for the random copolymer P3, ranking it among highest ever reported for unaligned P3HT-based films, significantly higher than that of P1 (<40 S cm-1, <4 µW m-1 K-2). Although both polymers exhibit comparable field-effect transistor hole mobilities of ≈0.1 cm2 V-1 s-1 in the pristine state, after doping, Hall effect measurements indicate that P3 exhibits a large Hall mobility up to 1.2 cm2 V-1 s-1, significantly outperforming that of P1 (0.06 cm2 V-1 s-1). GIWAXS measurement determines that the in-plane π-π stacking distance of doped P3 is 3.44 Å, distinctly shorter than that of doped P1 (3.68 Å). These findings contribute to resolving the long-standing dopant-induced-disorder issues in P3HT and serve as an example for achieving fast charge transport in highly doped polymers for efficient electronics.

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Publication status: Published


Funder: CY Initiative of Excellence


Funder: Eutopia Young Leaders Academy


Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266


Funder: Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100016592

Keywords

charge transport, hall effect measurements, highly ordered, intermolecular packing, ion‐exchange doping, organic thermoelectrics, suppressing disorder

Journal Title

Adv Mater

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0935-9648
1521-4095

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Wiley
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P024947/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S030662/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R00661X/1)