Control of charge-carrier mobility via in-chain spacer length variation in sequenced triarylamine functionalized polyolefins

Brian S. Aitken, Patrick M. Wieruszewski, Kenneth R. Graham, John R. Reynolds, Kenneth B. Wagener

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Abstract

A set of six perfectly regioregular pendant 2,7-bis(phenyl-mtoluylamino) fluorene (TPF) functionalized polyolefins for use as charge transporting materials in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs) were prepared and characterized. Synthesis of these materials is straightforward, requiring only three or four steps, depending on the polymer, and final isolated yields over all steps combined were greater than 40% in all but one case. Most notably, these materials exhibit charge-carrier mobilities that can be controlled over 3 orders of magnitude by variation of the number of intermediary carbons (spacer length) between the pendant TPF groups. The range of hole mobilities encompasses the electron mobilities of common electron transport materials/emitters such as Alq3 and PBD, thus, affording the opportunity to fabricate electroactive polyolefin based PLEDs with well matched charge-carrier mobilities and improved performance. We believe this approach to charge-carrier mobility control in electroactive materials could be easily extended to other aryl systems with different HOMO-LUMO levels for energy level and mobility matching with various emitters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)324-327
Number of pages4
JournalACS Macro Letters
Volume1
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 21 2012

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation (NSF)1203136

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Organic Chemistry
    • Polymers and Plastics
    • Inorganic Chemistry
    • Materials Chemistry

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