{"674907":{"#nid":"674907","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"N-type molecular doping of a semicrystalline conjugated polymer through cation exchange","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EControl of electrical doping is indispensable in any semiconductor device, and both efficient hole and electron doping are required for many devices. In organic semiconductors, however, electron doping has been essentially more problematic compared to hole doping because in general organic semiconductors have low electron affinities and require dopants with low ionization potentials that are often air-sensitive. In a recent study, a team of researchers, including\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/stephen-barlow\u0022\u003EStephen Barlow\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cope.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Organic Photonics and Electronics\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;adapted an efficient molecular doping method, so-called ion-exchange doping, to dope electrons in a polymeric semiconductor.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EControl of electrical doping is indispensable in any semiconductor device, and both efficient hole and electron doping are required for many devices. In organic semiconductors, however, electron doping has been essentially more problematic compared to hole doping because in general organic semiconductors have low electron affinities and require dopants with low ionization potentials that are often air-sensitive. In a recent study, a team of researchers, including\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/stephen-barlow\u0022\u003EStephen Barlow\u003C\/a\u003E of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cope.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Organic Photonics and Electronics\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;adapted an efficient molecular doping method, so-called ion-exchange doping, to dope electrons in a polymeric semiconductor.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2024-05-28 15:40:13","changed_gmt":"2024-05-29 14:26:32","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Communications Materials","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43246-024-00507-2","dateline":{"date":"2024-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-05-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"8458","name":"doping"},{"id":"193754","name":"ion-exchange doping"},{"id":"176314","name":"n-doping"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}