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The role of chemical design in the performance of organic semiconductors

Bronstein, H; Nielsen, CB; Schroeder, BC; McCulloch, I; (2020) The role of chemical design in the performance of organic semiconductors. Nature Reviews Chemistry , 4 pp. 66-77. 10.1038/s41570-019-0152-9. Green open access

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Abstract

Organic semiconductors are solution-processable, lightweight and flexible and are increasingly being used as the active layer in a wide range of new technologies. The versatility of synthetic organic chemistry enables the materials to be tuned such that they can be incorporated into biological sensors, wearable electronics, photovoltaics and flexible displays. These devices can be improved by improving their material components, not only by developing the synthetic chemistry but also by improving the analytical and computational techniques that enable us to understand the factors that govern material properties. Judicious molecular design provides control of the semiconductor frontier molecular orbital energy distribution and guides the hierarchical assembly of organic semiconductors into functional films where we can manipulate the properties and motion of charges and excited states. This Review describes how molecular design plays an integral role in developing organic semiconductors for electronic devices in present and emerging technologies.

Type: Article
Title: The role of chemical design in the performance of organic semiconductors
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41570-019-0152-9
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41570-019-0152-9
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Conjugated polymers, Electronic materials, Excited states
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10090264
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