scholarly journals Thiophene-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks: Synthesis, Photophysics and Light-Driven Applications

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (24) ◽  
pp. 7666
Author(s):  
Rubén Caballero ◽  
Boiko Cohen ◽  
Mario Gutiérrez
Keyword(s):  
Spectroscopic Properties ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Organic Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Covalent Organic Frameworks ◽  
Organic Thin Film ◽  
Intrinsic Properties ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Form Part ◽  
Thiophene Derivatives ◽  
Accessible Porosity

Porous crystalline materials, such as covalent organic frameworks (COFs), have emerged as some of the most important materials over the last two decades due to their excellent physicochemical properties such as their large surface area and permanent, accessible porosity. On the other hand, thiophene derivatives are common versatile scaffolds in organic chemistry. Their outstanding electrical properties have boosted their use in different light-driven applications (photocatalysis, organic thin film transistors, photoelectrodes, organic photovoltaics, etc.), attracting much attention in the research community. Despite the great potential of both systems, porous COF materials based on thiophene monomers are scarce due to the inappropriate angle provided by the latter, which hinders its use as the building block of the former. To circumvent this drawback, researchers have engineered a number of thiophene derivatives that can form part of the COFs structure, while keeping their intrinsic properties. Hence, in the present minireview, we will disclose some of the most relevant thiophene-based COFs, highlighting their basic components (building units), spectroscopic properties and potential light-driven applications.

Oligofluorene−Thiophene Derivatives as High-Performance Semiconductors for Organic Thin Film Transistors

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 1778-1787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Meng ◽  
Jie Zheng ◽  
Andrew J. Lovinger ◽  
Bo-Cheng Wang ◽  
P. Gregory Van Patten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Organic Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Organic Thin Film ◽  
Thiophene Derivatives

Effective performance improvement of organic thin film transistors with multi-layer modifications

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 30201
Author(s):  
Hang Yu ◽  
Jianlin Zhou ◽  
Yuanyuan Hao ◽  
Yao Ni
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Performance Enhancement ◽  
Organic Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Electrical Performance ◽  
Hole Injection ◽  
Organic Thin Film ◽  
Effective Performance ◽  
Significant Performance ◽  
P Type

Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) based on dioctylbenzothienobenzothiophene (C8BTBT) and copper (Cu) electrodes were fabricated. For improving the electrical performance of the original devices, the different modifications were attempted to insert in three different positions including semiconductor/electrode interface, semiconductor bulk inside and semiconductor/insulator interface. In detail, 4,4′,4′′-tris[3-methylpheny(phenyl)amino] triphenylamine (m-MTDATA) was applied between C8BTBTand Cu electrodes as hole injection layer (HIL). Moreover, the fluorinated copper phthalo-cyanine (F16CuPc) was inserted in C8BTBT/SiO2 interface to form F16CuPc/C8BTBT heterojunction or C8BTBT bulk to form C8BTBT/F16CuPc/C8BTBT sandwich configuration. Our experiment shows that, the sandwich structured OTFTs have a significant performance enhancement when appropriate thickness modification is chosen, comparing with original C8BTBT devices. Then, even the low work function metal Cu was applied, a normal p-type operate-mode C8BTBT-OTFT with mobility as high as 2.56 cm2/Vs has been fabricated.

A Proposal of High Performance Organic Thin Film Transistors

2010 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-166
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Ishikawa ◽  
Yasuo Wada ◽  
Toru Toyabe ◽  
Ken Tsutsui
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Organic Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Organic Thin Film

Photo-Induced Threshold and Onset Voltage Shifts in Organic Thin-Film Transistors

2013 ◽  
Vol E96.C (11) ◽  
pp. 1360-1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ichiro FUJIEDA ◽  
Tse Nga NG ◽  
Tomoya HOSHINO ◽  
Tomonori HANASAKI
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Organic Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Organic Thin Film ◽  
Onset Voltage

Intercalation of First Row Transition Metals inside Covalent-Organic Frameworks (COF): a Strategy to Fine Tune the Electronic Properties of Porous Crystalline Materials

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srimanta Pakhira ◽  
Jose Mendoza-Cortes
Keyword(s):  
Transition Metal ◽  
Transition Metals ◽  
Electronic Properties ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
High Surface Area ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Covalent Organic Frameworks ◽  
Porous Network ◽  
Crystalline Materials

<div>Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have emerged as an important class of nano-porous crystalline materials with many potential applications. They are intriguing platforms for the design of porous skeletons with special functionality at the molecular level. However, despite their extraordinary properties, it is difficult to control their electronic properties, thus hindering the potential implementation in electronic devices. A new form of nanoporous material, COFs intercalated with first row transition metal is proposed to address this fundamental drawback - the lack of electronic tunability. Using first-principles calculations, we have designed 31 new COF materials <i>in-silico</i> by intercalating all of the first row transition metals (TMs) with boroxine-linked and triazine-linked COFs: COF-TM-x (where TM=Sc-Zn and x=3-5). This is a significant addition considering that only 187 experimentally COFs structures has been reported and characterized so far. We have investigated their structure and electronic properties. Specifically, we predict that COF's band gap and density of states (DOSs) can be controlled by intercalating first row transition metal atoms (TM: Sc - Zn) and fine tuned by the concentration of TMs. We also found that the $d$-subshell electron density of the TMs plays the main role in determining the electronic properties of the COFs. Thus intercalated-COFs provide a new strategy to control the electronic properties of materials within a porous network. This work opens up new avenues for the design of TM-intercalated materials with promising future applications in nanoporous electronic devices, where a high surface area coupled with fine-tuned electronic properties are desired.</div>

Seeded Growth of Single-Crystal Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin M. Evans ◽  
Lucas R. Parent ◽  
Nathan C. Flanders ◽  
Ryan P. Bisbey ◽  
Edon Vitaku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Transport ◽  
Controlled Synthesis ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Covalent Organic Frameworks ◽  
Seeded Growth ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
Structures And Properties ◽  
2D Polymer

<div> <div> <div> <p>Polymerizing monomers into periodic two-dimensional (2D) networks provides structurally precise, atomically thin macromolecular sheets linked by robust, covalent bonds. These materials exhibit desirable mechanical, optoelectrotronic, and molecular transport properties derived from their designed structure and permanent porosity. 2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) offer broad monomer scope, but are generally isolated as polycrystalline, insoluble powders with limited processability. Here we overcome this limitation by controlling 2D COF formation using a two- step procedure. In the first step, 2D COF nanoparticle seeds are prepared with approximate diameters of 30 nm. Next, monomers are slowly added to suppress new nucleation while promoting epitaxial growth on the existing seeds to sizes of several microns. The resulting COF nanoparticles are of exceptional and unprecedented quality, isolated as single crystalline materials with micron-scale domain sizes. These findings advance the controlled synthesis of 2D layered COFs and will enable a broad exploration of synthetic 2D polymer structures and properties. </p> </div> </div> </div>

Seeded Growth of Single-Crystal Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin M. Evans ◽  
Lucas R. Parent ◽  
Nathan C. Flanders ◽  
Ryan P. Bisbey ◽  
Edon Vitaku ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Transport ◽  
Controlled Synthesis ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Covalent Organic Frameworks ◽  
Seeded Growth ◽  
Covalent Bonds ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Step Procedure ◽  
Structures And Properties ◽  
2D Polymer

<div> <div> <div> <p>Polymerizing monomers into periodic two-dimensional (2D) networks provides structurally precise, atomically thin macromolecular sheets linked by robust, covalent bonds. These materials exhibit desirable mechanical, optoelectrotronic, and molecular transport properties derived from their designed structure and permanent porosity. 2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) offer broad monomer scope, but are generally isolated as polycrystalline, insoluble powders with limited processability. Here we overcome this limitation by controlling 2D COF formation using a two- step procedure. In the first step, 2D COF nanoparticle seeds are prepared with approximate diameters of 30 nm. Next, monomers are slowly added to suppress new nucleation while promoting epitaxial growth on the existing seeds to sizes of several microns. The resulting COF nanoparticles are of exceptional and unprecedented quality, isolated as single crystalline materials with micron-scale domain sizes. These findings advance the controlled synthesis of 2D layered COFs and will enable a broad exploration of synthetic 2D polymer structures and properties. </p> </div> </div> </div>

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