Structure Properties Relationship
of Donor–Acceptor
Derivatives of Triphenylamine and 1,8-Naphthalimide
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Abstract
Solution-processable donor–acceptor molecules
consisting
of triphenylamine core and 1,8-naphthalimide arms were designed and
synthesized by palladium-catalyzed Heck reaction. Dilute solutions
of the synthesized compounds show strong absorption peaks in the visible
wavelength range from 400 to 550 nm, which can be ascribed to the
intramolecular charge transfer. Fluorescence quantum yields of dilute
solutions of the synthesized materials range from 0.45 to 0.70, while
those of the solid samples are in the range of 0.09–0.18. The
synthesized molecules exhibit high thermal stability with the thermal
degradation onset temperatures ranging from 431 to 448 °C. The
compounds form glasses with glass-transition temperatures of 55–107
°C. DFT calculations show that HOMO and LUMO orbitals are almost
entirely localized on the donor and acceptor moieties, respectively.
Consequently, the frontier orbital energies for the three synthesized
compounds are similar and practically do not depend on the number
of 1,8-naphthalimide moieties. Ionization potentials of the solid
samples (5.75–5.80 eV) are comparable. The charge-transporting
properties of the synthesized materials were studied using xerographic
time-of-flight method. Hole mobilities in the layers of the compounds
having one and two 1,8-naphthalimide moieties exceed 10<sup>–3</sup> cm<sup>2</sup>·V<sup>–1</sup>·s<sup>–1</sup> at high electric fields at room temperature. The differences on
the hole mobilities between the three synthesized compounds are discussed
in the frame of Marcus theory by comparing the reorganization energy
and electronic coupling parameters