Synthesis and characterization of pentathiophene based copolymer for organic thin film transistor.

The new dialkylated pentathiophene based copolymer was synthesized by Suzuki coupling reaction. The PD5TADF is synthesized and used as an active material for organic thin film transistor (OTFTs). The copolymer has good solubility in common organic solvent such as toluene, tetrahydrofuran (THF), chloroform, chlorobenzene and dichlorobenzene. The number average molecular weight (Mn) was measured to be 148,000. The TGA curve shows that the polymers exhibit good thermal stability with a weight loss of less than 5% upon heating to 419 °C with glass temperature at 184.9 °C. The ultraviolet (UV) maximum of the polymer was found at 494 nm in solution and 498 nm in the film. A thin-film transistor with PD5TADF was found to exhibit typical p-channel FET characteristics with a hole mobility of 2.6 x 10(-4) cm2/Vs and an on/off ratio of 3.04 x 10(4) with a threshold voltage of -4.5 V.