JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
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2022
·Vol. 57
·期 35
·16965-16973
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IF 4.682
Wang Tao,Lu Yang,Xu Lin,Chen Zheng Jian
Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has drawn attention to broad applications. Here, we investigate the SERS property of the π-conjugated poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) for molecule detection. The crystal structure of π-conjugated P3HT thin films is of the great significance to its SERS property. Our results show that the optimized crystal structure can significantly improve its SERS property. The SERS substrate has an excellent signal reproducibility (RSD < 10%). In addition, the SERS substrate still remains a good Raman enhancement after one year and shows excellent long-term stability compared with those of other types of SERS substrate. The result of our theory calculation shows that significant π-stacking of the probe molecules with the thiophene π-cores molecules plays an important role in the large SERS enhancement by the charge transfer mechanism. The increase in the crystallinity of the P3HT film can improve the charge transfer of the substrate molecules and the methylene blue (MB) molecules via more effective chemisorption of the probe molecules with the substrate molecules. The study contributed to the rational design of the organic semiconductor polymer SERS substrate with high sensitivity, selectivity, and long-term stability. Graphical abstract
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材料科学
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光谱学
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有机化学
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NPG Asia Materials
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2016
·Vol. 8
·期 7
·e292
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IF 8.772
Qu Sanyin,Yao Qin,Wang Liming,Chen Zhenhua,Xu Kunqi,Zeng Huarong,Shi Wei,Zhang Tiansong,Uher Ctirad,Chen Lidong
Conducting polymers are potential candidates for thermoelectric (TE) applications owing to their low thermal conductivity, non-toxicity and low cost. However, the coil conformation and random aggregation of polymer chains usually degrade electrical transport properties, thus deteriorating TE performance. In this work, we fabricated poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) films with highly oriented morphology using 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene (TCB), an organic small-molecule, as a template for polymer epitaxy under a temperature gradient crystallization process. The resulting P3HT molecules, which were confirmed to be highly anisotropic by a combination of scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, polarizing microscope, polarized Raman spectroscopy, and two-dimensional-grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXRD) analysis, not only markedly reduced the conjugated defects along the polymer backbone, but also effectively increased the degree of electron delocalization. These combined phenomena produced an efficient, 1D path for carrier movement and therefore resulted in enhanced carrier mobility in the TCB-treated P3HT films. The maximum values of the electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient were 320 S cm −1 and 269 μV K −1 , respectively. Consequently, the maximum TE power factor and ZT value at 365 K reached 62.4 μW mK −2 and 0.1, respectively, in the parallel direction of the TCB-treated P3HT film. To the best of our knowledge, these are the highest values reported for pure P3HT TE materials. The method of using organic small-molecule epitaxy to generate highly anisotropic polymer films is expected to be valid for many conducting polymers.
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材料科学
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物理化学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2021
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IF 9.229
Jiali Li,Huihui Li,Zhongjie Ren,Shouke Yan,Xiaoli Sun
Exploring flexible and stretchable conjugated polymer devices has garnered particular attention. This work provides a new technology to improve the electrical properties in a stretching process by skillfully assisting the anisotropic tensile properties of oriented regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) films. Oriented P3HT films with a long-range ordered chain alignment are fabricated, and stretchable conducting films are achieved by laminating oriented P3HT films and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layers. The differentiation of electrical response is identified when the film is under different stretching directions. The electrical stability of the P3HT film during the stretching process is much better when the stretching direction is perpendicular than along the c-axis of the P3HT film. Moreover, the multiscale structure evolution of P3HT films under stretching is explored. The technology based on oriented conductive polymers under anisotropic stretching condition provides not only a new strategy for fabricating high-quality stretchable devices but also theoretical guidance for studying the mechanical properties for the aligned conjugated film.
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材料科学
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电子工程
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聚合物科学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 4.439
Zhenglong Yang,Kangyu Fu,Jing Yu,Xujing Shi,Peiting Zhou,Zhihao Cheng
Polylactide-b-fullerene-b-poly(3-hexylthiophene) (PLA- b -C 60 - b -P3HT) triblock copolymer via a combination of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction and controlled ring-opening polymerization technique was successfully synthesized. The structure, morphology and crystallinity of PLA- b -C 60 - b -P3HT copolymer were characterized by 1 H NMR, GPC, DSC, TGA, XRD, UV–vis, PL and AFM measurements. Nanoporous C 60 /P3HT films were easily prepared from PLA- b -C 60 - b -P3HT triblock copolymer by casting the copolymer followed by thermal annealing and chemical etching of the PLA chains. Fullerene molecules could self-assembly between P3HT and PLA to form a continuous film. An ordered nanoporous C 60 /P3HT film was formed in AFM by chemically etching the PLA microphase with NaOH solution. Photoluminescence analysis showed that the photoinduced electron transfer of the ordered nanoporous C 60 /P3HT film was significantly improved compared to the physically blending sample due to the increased interface between the P3HT and the C 60 .
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材料科学
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有机光电材料
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Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters
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2020
·Vol. 14
·期 4
·1900723
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IF 2.291
Yadan Deng,Jingzan Jiang,Jun Sun,Yufeng Hu,Qiuhong Cui,Zhenbo Deng,Zhidong Lou,Yanbing Hou,Feng Teng
Fabrication of nanowires in polymer films can dramatically enhance the mobility of thin-film transistors (TFTs). Unlike the popular method of forming nanowires after spin-coating films, here a water-bath method to fabricate the micrometer-long nanowires in the poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) solution is introduced, which is suitable for large-area printing electronic application. The resulting transistor exhibits significantly enhanced mobility and excellent device stability. However, the threshold voltage of the device is increased, compared with the amorphous film device. The underlying mechanism of the mesoscale crystalline induced threshold voltage increase has been rarely studied. The temperature-dependent characteristics imply that the activation energy of the device with nanowires is higher than that of the amorphous one, indicating nanowires can introduce deep traps. This suggests that the charge transport is mainly limited by the deep traps at the junctions between the nanowires considering the trap density inside the nanowires is significantly low. The deep traps introduced by the junctions can increase the threshold voltage as the device needs higher voltage to fill these traps in the channel before the device is turned on. This explains why the devices with nanowires have an increased threshold voltage while their mobilities are dramatically enhanced.
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材料科学
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凝聚态物理
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有机电子学
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薄膜晶体管
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半导体器件物理
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