Molecular Assembly-Induced Charge Transfer for Programmable Functionalities

© 2017 American Chemical Society. The donor-acceptor interface within molecular charge transfer (CT) solids plays a vital role in the hybridization of molecular orbitals to determine their carrier transport and electronic delocalization. In this study, we demonstrate molecular assembly-driven bilaye...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Zhuolei, Li, Huashan, Luo, Zhipu, Chang, Shuquan, Li, Zheng, Guan, Mengmeng, Zhou, Ziyao, Liu, Ming, Grossman, Jeffrey C, Ren, Shenqiang
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/134331
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Summary:© 2017 American Chemical Society. The donor-acceptor interface within molecular charge transfer (CT) solids plays a vital role in the hybridization of molecular orbitals to determine their carrier transport and electronic delocalization. In this study, we demonstrate molecular assembly-driven bilayer and crystalline solids, consisting of electron donor dibenzotetrathiafulvalene (DBTTF) and acceptor C60, in which interfacial engineering-induced CT degree control is a key parameter for tuning its optical, electronic, and magnetic performance. Compared to the DBTTF/C60 bilayer structure, the DBTTFC60 cocrystalline solids show a stronger degree of charge transfer for broad CT absorption and a large dielectric constant. In addition, the DBTTFC60 cocrystals exhibit distinct CT arrangement-driven anisotropic electron mobility and spin characteristics, which further enables the development of high-penetration and high-energy γ-ray photodetectors. The results presented in this paper provide a basis for the design and control of molecular charge transfer solids, which facilitates the integration of such materials into molecular electronics.