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Revealing the Electrophilic‐Attack Doping Mechanism for Efficient and Universal p‐Doping of Organic Semiconductors

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Doping is of great importance to tailor the electrical properties of semiconductors. However, the present doping methodologies for organic semiconductors (OSCs) are either inefficient or can only apply to some… Click to show full abstract

Doping is of great importance to tailor the electrical properties of semiconductors. However, the present doping methodologies for organic semiconductors (OSCs) are either inefficient or can only apply to some OSCs conditionally, seriously limiting their general applications. Herein, a novel p‐doping mechanism is revealed by investigating the interactions between the dopant trityl tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl) borate (TrTPFB) and poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT). It is found that electrophilic attack of the trityl cations on thiophenes results in the formation of tritylated thiophenium ions, which subsequently induce electron transfer from neighboring P3HT chains to realize p‐doping. This unique p‐doping mechanism enables TrTPFB to p‐dope various OSCs including those with high ionization energy (IE ≈ 5.8 eV). Moreover, this doping mechanism endows TrTPFB with strong doping capability, leading to doping efficiency of over 80% in P3HT. The discovery and elucidation of this novel doping mechanism not only points out that strong electrophiles are a class of efficient p‐dopants for OSCs, but also provides new opportunities toward highly efficient doping of various OSCs.

Keywords: doping mechanism; revealing electrophilic; electrophilic attack; organic semiconductors; mechanism

Journal Title: Advanced Science
Year Published: 2022

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