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Chemistry Letters, Vol.48, No.5, 498-501, 2019
Effect of Anions on Bipolaron Formation in Ionic-liquid-gated Transistors Fabricated with Poly(2,5-bis(3-hexadecylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene) (PBTTT-C16)
The type of carrier, polaron and bipolaron, generated in PBTTT-C16 ionic-liquid-gated transistors fabricated with [EMIM][TFSI] or [EMIM][FAP] was identified using Raman spectroscopy. Doping levels were obtained from electrochemical measurements. As the doping level increased, positive polarons were formed; positive bipolarons were then formed and dominant. The critical doping level of the polaron-to-bipolaron transition was 4.5 and 12 mol%/pi electron for [EMIM][TFSI] and [EMIM][FAP], respectively. The large anion FAP (1) impeded the bipolaron formation even at a high doping level.