Journal
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 116, Issue 28, Pages 14811-14819Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp303172b
Keywords
-
Funding
- Research Council of Lithuania [MIP-063/2011]
- EU Structural Funds project Postdoctoral Fellowship Implementation in Lithuania
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Solution-processable donor-acceptor molecules consisting of triphenylamine core and 1,8-naphthalimide arms were designed and synthesized by palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction. Dilute solutions of the synthesized compounds show strong absorption peaks in the visible wavelength range from 400 to 550 nm, which can be ascribed to the intramolecular charge transfer. Fluorescence quantum yields of dilute solutions of the synthesized materials range from 0.45 to 0.70, while those of the solid samples are in the range of 0.09-0.18. The synthesized molecules exhibit high thermal stability with the thermal degradation onset temperatures ranging from 431 to 448 degrees C. The compounds form glasses with glass-transition temperatures of 55-107 degrees C. DFT calculations show that HOMO and LUMO orbitals are almost entirely localized on the donor and acceptor moieties, respectively. Consequently, the frontier orbital energies for the three synthesized compounds are similar and practically do not depend on the number of 1,8-naphthalimide moieties. Ionization potentials of the solid samples (5.75-5.80 eV) are comparable. The charge-transporting properties of the synthesized materials were studied using xerographic time-of-flight method. Hole mobilities in the layers of the compounds having one and two 1,8-naphthalimide moieties exceed 10(-3) cm(2).V-1.s(-1) at high electric fields at room temperature. The differences on the hole mobilities between the three synthesized compounds are discussed in the frame of Marcus theory by comparing the reorganization energy and electronic coupling parameters.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available