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Novel adamantane substituted polythiophenes as competitors to Poly (3-Hexylthiophene)

Jan Jancík, Jan Pospisil, Matous Kratochvíl, Jan Truksa, Davide Altamura, Cinzia Giannini, Martin Weiter, Davide Blasi, Vladimír Lukes, Eric D. Głowacki, Jozef Krajcovic

Original Title

Novel adamantane substituted polythiophenes as competitors to Poly (3-Hexylthiophene)

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The investigation of poly(3-alkylthiophenes) (P3ATs) has gained great attention in the last decades. Here, we present the synthesis, experimental and theoretical study of the novel regioregular poly(3-adamantylmethylthiophene) (PMAT) and poly(3-adamantylethylthiophene) (PEAT), characterised by a bulky adamantane side group. The prepared compounds are solution-processable in common organic solvents, possess excellent thermal stability up to 491 degrees C and have unique chemical endurance. The molecular ordering of the polymers was investigated by the GIWAXS technique, and PMAT was found to have the higher content of crystalline phase. The experimental absorption and fluorescence spectra of investigated polymers indicate a higher rigidity of the adamantane side group with respect to torsional rotation in solutions and in thin layers. Electrical measurements exhibit charge carrier mobilities comparable to poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). In contrast to P3HT, adamantyl-substituted polymers show quasi-reversible reduction alongside the expected quasi -reversible oxidation, which in theory supports the ability to transport both types of electric charges. The newly synthetized regioregular adamantane substituted polythiophenes are serious competitors for a wide range of applications in electronics and optoelectronics.

Keywords

Material research; Side substituents; DFT; Optical spectra; Charge -carrier mobilities; GIWAXS; Solution-processable polythiophenes

Authors

Jan Jancík, Jan Pospisil, Matous Kratochvíl, Jan Truksa, Davide Altamura, Cinzia Giannini, Martin Weiter, Davide Blasi, Vladimír Lukes, Eric D. Głowacki, Jozef Krajcovic

Released

23. 8. 2022

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

Location

OXFORD

ISBN

0032-3861

Periodical

Polymer

Year of study

258

Number

23.8.2022

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

125274

Pages to

125286

Pages count

12

URL

https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0032386122007625?token=7C7A0246313C6AFE21AA1CFFCB403CE2DA5A6DEB2D1E0B8A4728AC590EB85896349D008FF761D8F13B091209AA0B2225&originRegion=eu-west-1&originCreation=20221129081953

BibTex

@article{BUT180126,
  author="Ján {Jančík} and Matouš {Kratochvíl} and Jan {Truksa} and Martin {Weiter} and Eric Daniel {Glowacki} and Jozef {Krajčovič} and Jan {Pospíšil}",
  title="Novel adamantane substituted polythiophenes as competitors to Poly (3-Hexylthiophene)",
  journal="Polymer",
  year="2022",
  volume="258",
  number="23.8.2022",
  pages="12",
  doi="10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125274",
  issn="0032-3861",
  url="https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0032386122007625?token=7C7A0246313C6AFE21AA1CFFCB403CE2DA5A6DEB2D1E0B8A4728AC590EB85896349D008FF761D8F13B091209AA0B2225&originRegion=eu-west-1&originCreation=20221129081953"
}