Synthesis and characterization of naphthalene derivatives for two-component heterojunction-based ambipolar field-effect transistors complemented with copper hexadecafluorophthalocyanine (F(16)CuPc)

In order to develop organic semiconductor materials with good performance, herein, a series of naphthalene derivatives were designed and synthesized by a “building-blocks approach” connected through α-bond, double bond, and triple bond, respectively. Thin-film transistors were fabricated in single-component and two-component modes based on these naphthalene derivatives by combining the F(16)CuPc as the n-type material. The ambipolar performance was investigated by adjusting the device preparation procedure with the hole and electron mobility of up to 10(−2) cm(2) V(−1) s(−1). Furthermore, the electrical performance was also improved to 0.73 cm(2) V(−1) s(−1) using the two-component bilayer configuration.