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Development of a Simple, Scalable, and Vacuum-Free Method to Fabricate Organic Semiconductor Single Crystals with Area Selectivity for High Performance Organic Field-Effect Transistor Applications

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K22421
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0302:Electrical and electronic engineering and related fields
Research InstitutionInstitute of Physical and Chemical Research

Principal Investigator

Bulgarevich Kirill  国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 創発物性科学研究センター, 特別研究員 (60880268)

Project Period (FY) 2020-09-11 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords有機トランジスタ / 単結晶優位半導体 / 大気中蒸着 / パターン化結晶成長 / 表面エネルギーパターン / 単結晶有機半導体 / 空気中蒸着
Outline of Research at the Start

The proposed research challenges to develop a simple and "practical" method to fabricate single crystal (SC) organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). It will be based on the recently reported in-air sublimation method in which the SCs grow on the target substrate via the liquid-like melt. It is proposed to use suitable surface energy patterning to limit the formation of SCs to the predefined target locations. In the contrast to conventionally required "hand-crafting" of individual OFETs, this will allow the use of predesigned architecture, thus vastly simplifying the fabrication process.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Methylthiolated pyrene at 1,3,6,8-positions (MT-pyrene) was rediscovered as a promising organic semiconductor material that crystallizes into a brickwork structure due to the four methylthio groups. Very high mobility of 30 cm2 V-1 s-1 and band-like transport were experimentally measured (selected as cover picture of Advanced Materials). Single crystal (SC) growth by microspacing sublimation (MSS) method was established for rubrene, MT-pyrene and other materials. The possibility of SC growth from liquid phase was confirmed for rubrene. The patterned SC growth with the use of hydrophobic/hydrophilic patterning was achieved for rubrene, but the obtained SCs were too small and too thick for practical applications in OFET arrays. A novel method based on MSS named "indirect sublimation" was developed to cover entire substrate surface with SCs instead of patterning. The application of this method to produce OFETs based on "multi-SC" films was made into a new KAKENHI project (22K14293).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

30cm2/Vsを超える極めて高いキャリア移動度を示し低電圧で駆動できる有機半導体材料「MT-ピレン」はディスプレイやIDタグへの応用などフレキシブルエレクトロニクスの進展に貢献することが期待できる。また、ピレンの二量体構造からMT-ピレンのレンガ型積層構造への構造変化のような、メチルチオ基の位置選択的導入による「結晶構造制御」は他のペリ縮合多環芳香族炭化水素分子に対しても有効である可能性が高く、新たな高移動度有機半導体材料開発に繋がる。さらに、本研究で開発された単結晶成長のための新手法「間接昇華」法は大面積化が容易で安価なことから近接昇華法や物理気相輸送法などに変わる手法となる可能性がある。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2022 2021 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Bandlike versus Temperature-Independent Carrier Transport in Isomeric Diphenyldinaphtho[2,3-b:2′,3′-f]thieno[3,2-b]thiophenes2022

    • Author(s)
      Takimiya Kazuo、Bulgarevich Kirill、Horiuchi Shingo、Sato Aoi、Kawabata Kohsuke
    • Journal Title

      ACS Materials Letters

      Volume: 4 Issue: 4 Pages: 675-681

    • DOI

      10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00084

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] “Manipulation” of Crystal Structure by Methylthiolation Enabling Ultrahigh Mobility in a Pyrene‐Based Molecular Semiconductor2021

    • Author(s)
      Takimiya Kazuo、Bulgarevich Kirill、Abbas Mamatimin、Horiuchi Shingo、Ogaki Takuya、Kawabata Kohsuke、Ablat Abduleziz
    • Journal Title

      Advanced Materials

      Volume: 33 Issue: 32 Pages: 2102914-2102914

    • DOI

      10.1002/adma.202102914

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] カルコゲン原子の違いによるメチルカルコゲノ化ピレン の結晶構造と電荷輸送特性への影響2022

    • Author(s)
      Kirill Bulgarevich、瀧宮 和男、大垣 拓也、堀内 信吾
    • Organizer
      第68回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] メチル化ピレン単結晶の高性能 有機トランジスタ2021

    • Author(s)
      Kirill Bulgarevich、瀧宮和男、Mamatimin Abbas、堀内信吾、大垣拓也、川畑公輔、Abduleziz Ablat
    • Organizer
      第82回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 「超」高移動度、低電圧駆動できる有機半導体材料-結晶構造制御により高性能化-

    • URL

      https://www.riken.jp/press/2021/20210705_4/index.html

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2020-09-29   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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