Optically tunable field effect transistors with conjugated polymer entailing azobenzene groups in the side chains

J Tian, L Fu, Z Liu, H Geng, Y Sun, G Lin… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
J Tian, L Fu, Z Liu, H Geng, Y Sun, G Lin, X Zhang, G Zhang, D Zhang
Advanced Functional Materials, 2019Wiley Online Library
Semiconducting conjugated polymers with photoswitching behavior are highly demanded
for field‐effect transistors (FETs) with tunable electronic properties. Herein a new design
strategy is established for photoresponsive conjugated polymers by incorporating
photochromic units (azobenzene) into the flexible side alkyl chains. It is shown that
azobenzene groups in the side chains of the DPP (diketopyrrolopyrrole)‐quaterthiophene
polymer (PDAZO) can undergo trans/cis photoisomerization in fully reversible and fast …
Abstract
Semiconducting conjugated polymers with photoswitching behavior are highly demanded for field‐effect transistors (FETs) with tunable electronic properties. Herein a new design strategy is established for photoresponsive conjugated polymers by incorporating photochromic units (azobenzene) into the flexible side alkyl chains. It is shown that azobenzene groups in the side chains of the DPP (diketopyrrolopyrrole)‐quaterthiophene polymer (PDAZO) can undergo trans/cis photoisomerization in fully reversible and fast manner. Optically tunable FETs with bistable states are successfully fabricated with thin films of PDAZO. The drain‐source currents are reduced by 80.1% after UV light irradiation for ≈28 s, which are easily restored after further visible light irradiation for ≈33 s. Such fast optically tunable FETs are not reported before. Moreover, such current photomodulation can be implemented for multiple light irradiation cycles with good photofatigue resistance. Additionally, thin film charge mobility of PDAZO can be reversibly modulated by alternating UV and visible light irradiations. On the basis of theoretical calculations and GIWAXS data, it is hypothesized that the dipole moment and configuration changes associated with the trans‐/cis‐photoisomerization of azobenzene groups in PDAZO can affect the respective intra‐chain and inter‐chain charge transporting, which is responsible for the optically tunable behavior for FETs with thin films of PDAZO.
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