Molecular Doping of Polar Conjugated Polymers
Doctoral thesis, 2019
This thesis explores several concepts that may allow to improve the efficiency of molecular doping. A reduction of the required amount of dopant molecules is achieved by enhancing the compatibility of conjugated polymer:dopant pairs, which results in increased numbers of charges that are created per dopant molecule. In particular, polar side chains on conjugated polymers permit processing of polymer:dopant pairs from the same solution and largely suppress dopant aggregation resulting in improved electrical conductivity for p- and n-doping. Additionally, both the thermal stability of p-doped and air stability of n-doped films are found to benefit from polar side chains. Further, a low ionisation energy of conjugated polymers gives rise to dianion formation of common p-dopants. This double doping results in formation of two charges per dopant molecule and, thus, allows doubling of the doping efficiency. The concepts presented in this thesis provide several important design rules to guide the development of more efficient and stable molecularly doped conjugated polymers.
thermal stability
dopant dianion
air stability
compatibility
polar conjugated polymer
double doping
molecular doping
Author
David Kiefer
Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry
A Solution-Doped Polymer Semiconductor:Insulator Blend for Thermoelectrics
Advanced Science,;Vol. 4(2017)p. 1600203-
Journal article
Polar Side Chains Enhance Processability, Electrical Conductivity, and Thermal Stability of a Molecularly p-Doped Polythiophene.
Advanced Materials,;Vol. 29(2017)p. 1700930-
Journal article
Enhanced n-Doping Efficiency of a Naphthalenediimide-Based Copolymer through Polar Side Chains for Organic Thermoelectrics
ACS Energy Letters,;Vol. 3(2018)p. 278-285
Journal article
Double doping of conjugated polymers with monomer molecular dopants
Nature Materials,;Vol. 18(2019)p. 149-155
Journal article
Denna avhandling utforskar några koncept som underlättar och effektiverar dopning av ledande plaster. Särskilda förändringar av den kemiska strukturen av halvledande plaster leder fram till en förbättrad bearbetbarhet. Dessutom undersöks en möjlighet att dubbla antalet laddningsbärare som generareas per dopningsmolekyl.
This thesis explores several concepts, which can help to ease doping of semiconducting plastics and increase its efficiency. Changes to the chemical structure of the semiconducting polymer lead to an improved processability with dopant molecules. Furthermore, a concept that allows doubling of the amount of charge carrier per dopant molecule is explored.
Subject Categories
Polymer Chemistry
Textile, Rubber and Polymeric Materials
Materials Chemistry
Areas of Advance
Materials Science
ISBN
978-91-7905-114-3
Doktorsavhandlingar vid Chalmers tekniska högskola. Ny serie: 4581
Publisher
Chalmers
Vasa A-salen, Vera Sandbergs Alle 8
Opponent: Professor Alberto Salleo, Stanford University, USA