Synthesis and electronic properties of pentacene derivatives as promising n-type semiconductor candidates

• Authors: Chengbin Liu , Yanhong Tang , Shuming Nie
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Two pentacene derivatives 1 and 2 were synthesized from the Diels-Alder reactions of furan derivatives with 1,4-benzoquinone. They were characterized by the methods of 1H - nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-NMR), matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), ultraviolet and visible spectrophotometry (UV-VIS), photoluminescence (PL) spectrometry and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The energy gaps of 1 and 2, taken directly from spectroscopic measurements, are broad as 2.72 and 2.46 eV, leading to blue and greenish blue photoluminescence, respectively. The LUMO and HOMO energy levels are −2.77 and −5.49 eV for 1, and −2.91 and −5.37 eV for 2, respectively. The low energy levels make both 1 and 2 good air-stabilities and promising n-type semiconductor candidates for use in organic electronics.

Keywords

EN

Pentacene derivatives; energy level; n-type semiconductors

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 723-731

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2006

online

1 - 12 - 2006

Contributors

author

Chengbin Liu

author

Yanhong Tang

author

Shuming Nie

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-006-0036-y