Evaluation of the optical and electrical properties of (C8BTBT)(F4TCNQ) charge-transfer complexes according to film formation temperatures during solution coating

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Abstract This study focused on (C8BTBT)(F4TCNQ) charge-transfer complexes, where C8BTBT is 2,7-dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene and F4TCNQ represents fluorinated derivatives of 7,7,8,8,-tetracyanoquinodimethane. These complexes exhibit excellent thermal and atmospheric stability and near-infrared absorption, serving as transparent thin films for photoelectric conversion. Here, we sought to improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency (and thus the quantum efficiency, QE) of (C8BTBT)(F4TCNQ) thin films by altering the film formation temperatures during solution coating; we evaluated the optical and electrical properties of the films. We found that increased film coverage of a substrate surface (leading to continuous film formation) enhanced optical absorption and improved the photocurrent extraction efficiency when these films were incorporated into devices. C8BTBT and its components, when present alone, negatively affected both the device fabrication yield and photocurrent extraction. It is thus important to maximize (C8BTBT)(F4TCNQ) formation when seeking to improve the QE.

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