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Front. Optoelectron.    2022, Vol. 15 Issue (2) : 21    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-022-00022-7
RESEARCH ARTICLE
TCNQ-based organic cocrystal integrated red emission and n-type charge transport
Mengjia Jiang1, Shuyu Li2, Chun Zhen1, Lingsong Wang1, Fei Li1, Yihan Zhang1, Weibing Dong3, Xiaotao Zhang2,3(), Wenping Hu1,4()
1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
2. Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
3. Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry and Eco-Environmental Protection in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qinghai Minzu University, Xining 810007, China
4. Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Fuzhou 350207, China
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Abstract

Simultaneously realizing the optical and electrical properties of organic materials is always challenging. Herein, a convenient and promising strategy for designing organic materials with integrated optoelectronic properties based on cocrystal engineering has been put forward. By selecting the fluorene (Flu) and the 7,7′,8,8′-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) as functional constituents, the Flu-TCNQ cocrystal prepared shows deep red emission at 702 nm, which is comparable to the commercialized red quantum dot. The highest electron mobility of organic field-effect transistor (OFET) based on Flu-TCNQ is 0.32 cm2 V-1s-1. Spectroscopic analysis indicates that the intermolecular driving force contributing to the co-assembly of Flu-TCNQ is mainly charge transfer (CT) interaction, which leads to its different optoelectronic properties from constituents.
Keywords Organic cocrystal      Charge transfer (CT)      Integrated optoelectronic properties      Red emission      n-type charge transport     
Corresponding Author(s): Xiaotao Zhang,Wenping Hu   
Issue Date: 19 May 2022
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Mengjia Jiang,Shuyu Li,Chun Zhen, et al. TCNQ-based organic cocrystal integrated red emission and n-type charge transport[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2022, 15(2): 21.
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