Double doping of conjugated polymers with monomer molecular dopantsShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: Nature Materials, ISSN 1476-1122, E-ISSN 1476-4660, Vol. 18, no 2, p. 149-+Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Molecular doping is a crucial tool for controlling the charge-carrier concentration in organic semiconductors. Each dopant molecule is commonly thought to give rise to only one polaron, leading to a maximum of one donor: acceptor charge-transfer complex and hence an ionization efficiency of 100%. However, this theoretical limit is rarely achieved because of incomplete charge transfer and the presence of unreacted dopant. Here, we establish that common p-dopants can in fact accept two electrons per molecule from conjugated polymers with a low ionization energy. Each dopant molecule participates in two charge-transfer events, leading to the formation of dopant dianions and an ionization efficiency of up to 200%. Furthermore, we show that the resulting integer charge-transfer complex can dissociate with an efficiency of up to 170%. The concept of double doping introduced here may allow the dopant fraction required to optimize charge conduction to be halved.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP , 2019. Vol. 18, no 2, p. 149-+
National Category
Physical Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-154681DOI: 10.1038/s41563-018-0263-6ISI: 000456325600016PubMedID: 30643236OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-154681DiVA, id: diva2:1292655
Note
Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council [2016-06146, 2016-03979, 201605498]; Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation through a Wallenberg Academy Fellowship; European Research Council (ERC) [637624]; NIH/NIGMS through NSF [DMR-1332208]; US National Science Foundation [DMR-1729737]; VINNOVA [2015-04859]; US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0010419]; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/G037515/1]
2019-02-282019-02-282019-03-26