Origin of the High Carrier Mobilities of Nonperipheral Octahexyl Substituted Phthalocyanine

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• 作者：Makoto Yoneya ; Ayano Miyamoto ; Yo Shimizu ; Akihiko Fujii ; Masanori Ozaki
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 22, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：119
• 期：42
• 页码：23852-23858
• 全文大小：451K
• ISSN：1932-7455

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The carrier transport properties of nonperipheral octahexyl substituted phthalocyanine H₂Pc(C₆H₁₃)₈^np in its crystal and columnar (Col) liquid crystal (LC) phase were investigated using density functional theory (DFT) calculations in combination with molecular dynamics (MD) and kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations. In the crystal phase, we found that the nonperipherally substituted chains of H₂Pc(C₆H₁₃)₈^np, that interpenetrate adjacent phthalocyanines (Pcs), significantly alter the Pc-core stacking such that higher hole mobilities are observed for this system than for the nonsubstituted H₂Pc. This chain interpenetration was found to be inherited by the column stacking in the Col phase and hindered the Pc-core in-plane rotations between adjacent Pcs. This rotational hindrance further caused a nonuniform distribution of the adjacent dimer Pc-core in-plane orientation configurations. The relatively high carrier mobility in the Col phase in this system can be rationalized by the nonuniform distribution of the dimer configurations that give relatively high electronic coupling between the adjacent dimers. Our results show the remarkable effects of nonperipheral substitutions on the carrier transport properties in both the crystal and Col LC phases.