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Intrinsic semiconductors are highly pure materials with no impurities. At absolute zero, these semiconductors behave as perfect insulators because all the valence electrons are bound, and the conduction band is empty, disallowing electrical conduction. The Fermi level is a concept used to describe the probability of occupancy of energy levels by electrons at thermal equilibrium. In intrinsic semiconductors, the Fermi level is positioned at the midpoint of the energy gap at absolute zero. When...

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Doping Approaches for Organic Semiconductors.

Alberto D Scaccabarozzi¹, Aniruddha Basu¹, Filip Aniés²

¹King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Solar Center (KSC), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia.

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|November 18, 2021

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Electronic doping is crucial for organic semiconductors (OSCs), enabling high conductivity. This review covers doping mechanisms, dopants, and processing for enhanced organic electronics performance.

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Area of Science:

Organic electronics
Materials science
Solid-state physics

Background:

Electronic doping in organic materials has been a long-standing challenge.
Early research focused on pristine organic semiconductors (OSCs) for conductivity.
Doping is now a ubiquitous technique driving advances in organic electronics.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a comprehensive overview of advances in organic semiconductor doping.
To discuss physical processes, mechanisms, and theories of doping.
To summarize dopants, synthesis strategies, and processing techniques.

Main Methods:

Literature review focusing on physical doping processes and mechanisms.
Summary of widely studied dopants and chemical synthesis strategies.
Discussion of processing routes and doping-processing-nanostructure relationships.

Main Results:

Established and newly proposed theories of doping mechanisms are discussed.
Key dopants and their synthesis for improved functionality are presented.
Doping-processing-nanostructure relationships are explored.

Conclusions:

Doping is essential for enhancing the performance of organic electronic devices.
Understanding doping processes is key to developing advanced organic materials.
This review consolidates knowledge on doping for future research and applications.