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  • Organic Electronics
  • Electrochemistry

Background:

  • Optimizing simultaneous electron and ion transport is crucial for organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors (OMIECs).
  • Existing Y6-type acceptors face challenges in balancing these transport properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize novel OMIECs with systematically varied oligoethyleneglycol (OEG) sidechains.
  • To investigate the impact of OEG density on the optoelectronic and electrochemical properties of OMIECs.
  • To demonstrate the potential of these new OMIECs in organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) and bioelectronic applications.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis and characterization of OMIECs with 1gY, 2gY, and 3gY sidechains.
  • Evaluation of mixed ion-electron transport in conventional (cOECT) and vertical (vOECT) architectures.
  • Crystallographic, optoelectronic, and electrochemical analyses.
  • Fabrication and testing of small-molecule-based complementary inverters.

Main Results:

  • All synthesized glycolated compounds (1gY, 2gY, 3gY) exhibited mixed ion-electron transport.
  • 3gY achieved high transconductance (16.5 mS), a high on/off ratio (~10^6), and fast response times (94.7/5.7 ms) in vOECTs.
  • Superior performance of 3gY was attributed to increased OEG content, optimized crystallinity, and enhanced film hydrophilicity.

Conclusions:

  • Systematic introduction of OEG sidechains effectively enhances ion transport in OMIECs.
  • 3gY represents a promising material for high-performance OECTs.
  • These novel small-molecule OMIECs show significant potential for bioelectronic applications.