Influence of Water on the Performance of Organic Electrochemical Transistors
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Savva, AchilleasCendra, Camila
Giugni, Andrea
Torre, Bruno
Surgailis, Jokubas
ohayon, David
Giovannitti , Alexander
McCulloch, Iain

Di Fabrizio, Enzo M.

Salleo, Alberto
Rivnay, Jonathan
Inal, Sahika

KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionBioscience Program
Chemical Science Program
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2019-01-04Online Publication Date
2019-01-04Print Publication Date
2019-02-12Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/631728
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Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) composed of organic mixed conductors can operate in aqueous, biological media and translate low-magnitude ionic fluctuations of biological origin into measurable electrical signals. The growing technological interest in these biotransducers makes the fundamental understanding of ion-to-electron coupling extremely important for the design of new materials and devices. One crucial aspect in this process that has been so far disregarded is the water taken up by the film during device operation and its effects on device performance. Here, using a series of the same electrolyte with varying ion concentrations, we quantify the amount of water that is incorporated into a hydrophilic p-type organic semiconductor film alongside the dopant anions and investigate structural and morphological changes occurring in the film upon electrochemical doping. We show that infiltration of the hydrated dopant ions into the film irreversibly changes the polymer structure and negatively impacts the efficiency, reversibility, and speed of charge generation. When less water is injected into the channel, OECTs exhibit higher transconductance and faster switching speeds. Although swelling is commonly suggested to be a necessity for efficient ion-to-electron transduction, this work uncovers the negative impact of a swollen channel material on the performance of accumulation mode OECTs and lays the foundation for future materials design.Citation
Savva A, Cendra C, Giugni A, Torre B, Surgailis J, et al. (2019) Influence of Water on the Performance of Organic Electrochemical Transistors. Chemistry of Materials 31: 927–937. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04335.Sponsors
J.R. acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation (Grant NSF DMR-1751308). A.S. and C.C. acknowledge support from the NSF (Grant NSF DMR-1808401). Portions of this research were performed at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, a national user facility operated by Stanford University on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
Chemistry of MaterialsAdditional Links
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04335ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04335