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Zhang MM, Chen SL, Bao AR, Chen Y, Liang H, Ji S, Chen J, Ye B, Yang Q, Liu Y, Li J, Chen W, Huang X, Ni S, Dang L, Li MD. Anion-Counterion Strategy toward Organic Cocrystal Engineering for Near-Infrared Photothermal Conversion and Solar-Driven Water Evaporation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318628. [PMID: 38225206 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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An anion-counterion strategy is proposed to construct organic mono-radical charge-transfer cocrystals for near-infrared photothermal conversion and solar-driven water evaporation. Ionic compounds with halogen anions as the counterions serve as electron donors, providing the necessary electrons for efficient charge transfer with unchanged skeleton atoms and structures as well as the broad red-shifted absorption (200-2000 nm) and unprecedented photothermal conversion efficiency (~90.5 %@808 nm) for the cocrystals. Based on these cocrystals, an excellent solar-driven interfacial water evaporation rate up to 6.1±1.1 kg ⋅ m-2 ⋅ h-1 under 1 sun is recorded due to the comprehensive evaporation effect from the cocrystal loading in polyurethane foams and chimney addition, such performance is superior to the reported results on charge-transfer cocrystals or other materials for solar-driven interfacial evaporation. This prototype exhibits the great potential of cocrystals prepared by the one-step mechanochemistry method in practical large-scale seawater desalination applications.
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- Meng-Meng Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou, 515031, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou, 515031, China
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Park JB, Wu W, Wu JY, Karkee R, Kucinski TM, Bustillo KC, Schneider MM, Strubbe DA, Ophus C, Pettes MT. Enabling Oxidation Protection and Carrier-Type Switching for Bismuth Telluride Nanoribbons via in Situ Organic Molecule Coating. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:11395-11401. [PMID: 38079217 PMCID: PMC10755739 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
Abstract
Thermoelectric materials with high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity (e.g., Bi2Te3) can efficiently convert waste heat into electricity; however, in spite of favorable theoretical predictions, individual Bi2Te3 nanostructures tend to perform less efficiently than bulk Bi2Te3. We report a greater-than-order-of-magnitude enhancement in the thermoelectric properties of suspended Bi2Te3 nanoribbons, coated in situ to form a Bi2Te3/F4-TCNQ core-shell nanoribbon without oxidizing the core-shell interface. The shell serves as an oxidation barrier but also directly functions as a strong electron acceptor and p-type carrier donor, switching the majority carriers from a dominant n-type carrier concentration (∼1021 cm-3) to a dominant p-type carrier concentration (∼1020 cm-3). Compared to uncoated Bi2Te3 nanoribbons, our Bi2Te3/F4-TCNQ core-shell nanoribbon demonstrates an effective chemical potential dramatically shifted toward the valence band (by 300-640 meV), robustly increased Seebeck coefficient (∼6× at 250 K), and improved thermoelectric performance (10-20× at 250 K).
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- Jun Beom Park
- Center
for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Materials Physics and Applications
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Center
for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Materials Physics and Applications
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Department
of Physics, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Center
for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Materials Physics and Applications
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- National
Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM), Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Center
for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Materials Physics and Applications
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Materials
Science in Radiation and Dynamics Extremes (MST-8), Materials Science
and Technology Division, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department
of Physics, University of California, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- National
Center for Electron Microscopy (NCEM), Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Center
for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Materials Physics and Applications
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Gilhooly-Finn PA, Jacobs IE, Bardagot O, Zaffar Y, Lemaire A, Guchait S, Zhang L, Freeley M, Neal W, Richard F, Palma M, Banerji N, Sirringhaus H, Brinkmann M, Nielsen CB. Interplay between Side Chain Density and Polymer Alignment: Two Competing Strategies for Enhancing the Thermoelectric Performance of P3HT Analogues. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023; 35:9029-9039. [PMID: 38027547 PMCID: PMC10653083 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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A series of polythiophenes with varying side chain density was synthesized, and their electrical and thermoelectric properties were investigated. Aligned and non-aligned thin films of the polymers were characterized in the neutral and chemically doped states. Optical and diffraction measurements revealed an overall lower order in the thin films with lower side chain density, also confirmed using polarized optical experiments on aligned thin films. However, upon doping the non-aligned films, a sixfold increase in electrical conductivity was observed for the polythiophene with the lowest side chain density compared to poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). We found that the improvement in conductivity was not due to a larger charge carrier density but an increase in charge carrier mobility after doping with 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4TCNQ). On the other hand, doped aligned films did not show the same trend; lower side chain density instead led to a lower conductivity and Seebeck coefficient compared to those for P3HT. This was attributed to the poorer alignment of the polymer thin films with lower side chain density. The study demonstrates that optimizing side chain density is a synthetically simple and effective way to improve electrical conductivity in polythiophene films relevant to thermoelectric applications.
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- Peter A. Gilhooly-Finn
- Department
of Chemistry, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
- Department
of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Optoelectronics
Group, University of Cambridge, Cavendish
Laboratory, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Charles
Sadron Institute (ICS), CNRS Université de Strasbourg, UPR
22, 23 Rue du Loess, Strasbourg Cedex 02, 67034, France
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- Charles
Sadron Institute (ICS), CNRS Université de Strasbourg, UPR
22, 23 Rue du Loess, Strasbourg Cedex 02, 67034, France
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- Optoelectronics
Group, University of Cambridge, Cavendish
Laboratory, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Université
de Strasbourg, CNRS, ISIS UMR 7006, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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- Optoelectronics
Group, University of Cambridge, Cavendish
Laboratory, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, U.K.
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- Charles
Sadron Institute (ICS), CNRS Université de Strasbourg, UPR
22, 23 Rue du Loess, Strasbourg Cedex 02, 67034, France
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- Department
of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, U.K.
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Lai W, Bu Y, Xiao W, Liu H, Guo J, Zhao L, Yang K, Xie S, Zeng Z. Magnetic Bistability in an Organic Radical-Based Charge Transfer Cocrystal. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:24328-24337. [PMID: 37878504 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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We report herein an organic charge transfer cocrystal complex, consisting of a stable radical TPVr and an electron acceptor TCNQF4, as a rare sort of all-organic-based magnetic bistable materials with a thermally activated magnetic hysteresis loop over the temperature range from 170 to 260 K. Detailed X-ray crystallographic studies and theoretical calculations revealed that while a π-associated radical anion dimer was formed upon an integer charge transfer process from TPVr to the TCNQF4 molecules within the cocrystal lattice, the resulting TCNQF4·- π-dimers were found to exhibit varied intradimer π-stacking distances and singly occupied molecular orbital overlaps at different temperatures, thus yielding two different singlet states with distinct singlet-triplet gaps above and below the loop, which eventually contributed to the thermally excited molecular magnetic bistability.
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- Weiming Lai
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Hunan University, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518000, China
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Tang A, Li Y, Wang R, Yang J, Ma C, Li Z, Zou Q, Li H. Charge transport of F4TCNQ with different electronic states in single-molecule junctions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:1305-1308. [PMID: 36633258 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06341g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The molecular conductance of 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8,-tetracyano-quinodimethane (F4TCNQ) with different electronic states (neutral, radical anion, and dianion) was investigated by the scanning tunneling microscope break junction (STM-BJ) technique. These electronic states have distinct conductance, and the conductance decreases in the order of neutral > radical anion > dianion. Surprisingly, the molecular conductance of the neutral F4TCNQ junction reaches 10-1.17G0, attributed to its LUMO energy level being close to the Fermi level of the gold electrode. Moreover, we found that neutral F4TCNQ can be gradually reduced to radical anions under a relatively low bias voltage of 100 mV. These results will advance the development of organic optoelectronic devices and molecule electronics.
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- Ajun Tang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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Moya Betancourt SN, Riva JS, Uranga JG, Olaya AJ, Girault HH. Visible-light driven water oxidation and oxygen production at soft interfaces. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:3965-3968. [PMID: 35253028 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc07013d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The visible light driven water oxidation reaction (WOR) by the organic electron acceptor 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyano-quinodimethane (TCNQF4) was studied at the water|butyronitrile interface. The WOR was performed at neutral pH, and without any metal or organometallic catalysts. The oxygen generated was measured by GC-MS and cyclic voltammetry, and the protons produced were monitored by measuring the aqueous pH. This work opens novel perspectives for water photo-oxidation in liquids and artificial photosynthesis.
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- Sara N Moya Betancourt
- Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico Química de Córdoba (INFIQC)-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CONICET. Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Físico Química de Córdoba (INFIQC)-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, EPFL, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry, EPFL, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1951 Sion, Switzerland.
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Chen R, Yan Y, Tang J, Zeng H, Yao Q, Chen L, Liang Z. Efficient p‐Type Doping of Tin Halide Perovskite via Sequential Diffusion for Thermoelectrics. SMALL SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202200004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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- Ruisi Chen
- Department of Materials Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- Department of Materials Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- Department of Materials Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 China
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- Department of Materials Science Fudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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Alzubidi AE, Bond AM, Martin LL. Electrochemical Investigation of the Oxidation of Thiosulfate by 2,3,5,6‐tetrafluoro‐7,7,8,8‐tetracyanoquinodimethane and Its Anion Radical. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202101232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- School of Chemistry Monash University Clayton 3800 Victoria Australia
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Yu S, Ratcliff EL. Tuning Organic Electrochemical Transistor (OECT) Transconductance toward Zero Gate Voltage in the Faradaic Mode. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:50176-50186. [PMID: 34644052 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c13009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this work, we investigate material design criteria for low-powered/self-powered and efficient organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) to be operated in the faradaic mode (detection at the gate electrode occurs via electron transfer events). To rationalize device design principles, we adopt a Marcus-Gerischer perspective for electrochemical processes at both the gate and channel interfaces. This perspective considers density of states (DOS) for the semiconductor channel, the gate electrode, and the electrolyte. We complement our approach with energy band offsets of relevant electrochemical potentials that can be independently measured from transistor geometry using conventional electrochemical methods as well as an approach to measure electrolyte potential in an operating OECT. By systematically changing the relative redox property offsets between the redox-active electrolyte and semiconducting polymer channel, we demonstrate a first-order design principle that necessary gate voltage is minimized by good DOS overlap of the two redox processes at the gate and channel. Specifically, for p-type turn-on OECTs, the voltage-dependent, electrochemically active semiconductor DOS should overlap with the oxidant form of the electrolyte to minimize the onset voltage for transconductance. A special case where the electrolyte can be used to spontaneously dope the polymer via charge transfer is also considered. Collectively, our results provide material design pathways toward the development of simple, robust, power-saving, and high-throughput OECT biosensors.
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- Songyan Yu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Arizona, 1235 E. James E Rogers Way, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Arizona, 1235 E. James E Rogers Way, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Arizona, 1133 E. James E Rogers Way, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona, 1306 E. University Way, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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Cui M, Rui H, Wu X, Sun Z, Qu W, Qin W, Yin S. Coexistent Integer Charge Transfer and Charge Transfer Complex in F4-TCNQ-Doped PTAA for Efficient Flexible Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:8533-8540. [PMID: 34464151 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Understanding the mechanism of interaction between organic polymers and dopants is of great significance to further enhance the performances of flexible electronics. Here, the two doping mechanisms of charge transfer complex (CTC) and integer charge transfer (ICT) are found to coexist in p-π conjugated PTAA doped with the strong acceptor F4-TCNQ, and their correlation is affected by the HJ-aggregate state of the doped polymer. The growth of the J-aggregate caused by the increase of CTC would lead to a corresponding formation of ICT. The doping efficiency was dominated by the CTC/ICT ratio. On the basis of the analysis of the optical, electrical, and morphological properties of PTAA:F4-TCNQ films, we optimized the CTC/ICT ratio to achieve the efficient hole transport layers that are used in solution-processed flexible phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes with p-i-n structure. The optimal device presents a very high current efficiency (CE) of 31.12 cd/A and a low turn-on voltage of 3.6 V.
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- Mingkuan Cui
- Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, Ministry of Education; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, Ministry of Education; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, Ministry of Education; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, Ministry of Education; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, Ministry of Education; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, Ministry of Education; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Photoelectric Materials and Devices; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Function Materials Education; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China
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Watts KE, Neelamraju B, Moser M, McCulloch I, Ratcliff EL, Pemberton JE. Thermally Induced Formation of HF 4TCNQ - in F 4TCNQ-Doped Regioregular P3HT. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:6586-6592. [PMID: 32701299 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The prototypical system for understanding doping in solution-processed organic electronics has been poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) p-doped with 2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4TCNQ). Multiple charge-transfer states, defined by the fraction of electron transfer to F4TCNQ, are known to coexist and are dependent on polymer molecular weight, crystallinity, and processing. Less well-understood is the loss of conductivity after thermal annealing of these materials. Specifically, in thermoelectrics, F4TCNQ-doped regioregular (rr) P3HT exhibits significant conductivity losses at temperatures lower than other thiophene-based polymers. Through detailed spectroscopic investigation of progressively heated P3HT films coprocessed with F4TCNQ, we demonstrate that this diminished conductivity is due to formation of the nonchromophoric, weak dopant HF4TCNQ-. This species is likely formed through hydrogen abstraction from the α aliphatic carbon of the hexyl chain at the 3-position of thiophene rings of rr-P3HT. This reaction is eliminated for polymers with ethylene glycol-containing side chains, which retain conductivity at higher operating temperatures. In total, these results provide a critical materials design guideline for organic electronics.
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Affiliation(s)
| | | | - Maximilian Moser
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, London, U.K
| | - Iain McCulloch
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, London, U.K
- KSC, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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