Abstract
AbstractA pre‐formed Meisenheimer complex of a naphthalenediimide (NDI) with tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) is obtained in a simple way by mixing dibrominated 4,9‐dibromo‐2,7‐bis(2‐octyldodecyl)benzo[lmn][3,8]phenanthroline‐1,3,6,8(2H,7H)‐tetraone and TBAF in solution and used as a dopant for n‐type organic thermoelectrics. Two n‐type polymers PNDIClTVT and PBDOPVTT are synthesized, n‐doped, and characterized as conductive and thermoelectric materials. PNDIClTVT doped with NDI‐TBAF presents a high σ value of 0.20 S cm–1, a Seebeck coefficient (S) of −1854 µV K–1, and a power factor (PF) of 67 µW m–1 K–2, among the highest reported PF in solution‐processed conjugated n‐type polymer thermoelectrics. Using 4‐(1,3‐dimethyl‐2,3‐dihydro‐1H‐benzoimidazol‐2‐yl)phenyl)dimethylamine and NDI‐TBAF as co‐dopants, PNDIClTVT has a PF > 35 µW m–1 K–2; while for PBDOPVTT σ = 0.75 S cm–1 and PF = 58 µW m–1 K–2. In this study it is found that an ionic adduct together with a neutral dopant improves the performance of n‐type organic thermoelectrics leading to an enhanced power factor, and more generally, the role of such an adduct in polymer doping is also elucidated.
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