Donor–acceptor–donor type organic semiconductor containing quinoidal benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene for high performance n-channel field-effect transistors†
Abstract
A donor–acceptor–donor (D–A–D) type small molecule DHB-QDTB, with dicyano-substituted quinoidal benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene as the acceptor, was designed and synthesized. A high electron mobility up to 0.88 cm2 V−1 s−1 was observed for DHB-QDTB based transistors under ambient conditions, suggesting quinoidal benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene is an excellent acceptor unit in D–A type n-channel organic semiconductors.