Edsko Enno Havinga

Bio: Edsko Enno Havinga is an academic researcher from Philips. The author has contributed to research in topics: Field-effect transistor & Thiophene. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 37 publications receiving 2158 citations. Previous affiliations of Edsko Enno Havinga include Eindhoven University of Technology.

A new class of small band gap organic polymer conductors

Abstract: Polysquaraines and polycroconaines have been synthesized. They form a new class of polymers with a small band gap, down to 0.5 eV. The small gap arises from the regular alternation of strong donor and acceptor-like moieties in a conjugated backbone.

Precursor route pentacene metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistors

Abstract: Metal‐insulator‐semiconductor field‐effect transistors have been constructed with pentacene as the active semiconductor. The pentacene is processed by spin coating from a soluble precursor. A simple thermal conversion yields transistors with carrier mobilities as high as 9×10−3 cm2 V−1 s−1 and current modulations of the order of 105. Depletion of charge is essential to the device operation. Data for an invertor exhibiting voltage amplification are presented.

Substituted 2,2':5',2'':5'',2''':5''',2'''':5'''',2''''': 5''''',2'''''':5'''''',2''''''':5''''''',2'''''''':5'''''''',2''''''''':5''''''''',2''''''''''-undecithiophenes, the longest characterized oligothiophenes

Abstract: The title compds. I (n = 3, 11) were prepd. utilizing the Stetter reaction followed by ring closure with Lawesson's reagent. Optical studies and cond. data of doped I together with a series of differently sized oligothiophenes show that at the chain length of 11 thiophene rings the properties closely resemble those of polythiophene. Hence, the min. effective conjugation length in polythiophenes is proposed to be approx. 11 thiophene units. [on SciFinder (R)]

Organic Thin Film Transistors for Large Area Electronics

Abstract: Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) have lived to see great improvements in recent years. This review presents new insight into conduction mechanisms and performance characteristics, as well as opportunities for modeling properties of OTFTs. The shifted focus in research from novel chemical structures to fabrication technologies that optimize morphology and structural order is underscored by chapters on vacuum-deposited and solution-processed organic semiconducting films. Finally, progress in the growing field of the n-type OTFTs is discussed in ample detail. The Figure, showing a pentacene film edge on SiO2, illustrates the morphology issue.

Polymer solar cells

Abstract: This Review summarizes recent progress in the development of polymer solar cells. It covers the scientific origins and basic properties of polymer solar cell technology, material requirements and device operation mechanisms, while also providing a synopsis of major achievements in the field over the past few years. Potential future developments and the applications of this technology are also briefly discussed.

Semiconducting π-conjugated systems in field-effect transistors: a material odyssey of organic electronics.

Abstract: Since the discovery of highly conducting polyacetylene by Shirakawa, MacDiarmid, and Heeger in 1977, π-conjugated systems have attracted much attention as futuristic materials for the development and production of the next generation of electronics, that is, organic electronics. Conceptually, organic electronics are quite different from conventional inorganic solid state electronics because the structural versatility of organic semiconductors allows for the incorporation of functionality by molecular design. This versatility leads to a new era in the design of electronic devices. To date, the great number of π-conjugated semiconducting materials that have either been discovered or synthesized generate an exciting library of π-conjugated systems for use in organic electronics. 11 However, some key challenges for further advancement remain: the low mobility and stability of organic semiconductors, the lack of knowledge regarding structure property relationships for understanding the fundamental chemical aspects behind the structural design, and realization of desired properties. Organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) are a kind of device consisting of an organic semiconducting layer, a gate insulator layer, and three terminals (drain, source, and gate electrodes). OFETs are not only essential building blocks for the next generation of cheap and flexible organic circuits, but they also provide an important insight into the charge transport of πconjugated systems. Therefore, they act as strong tools for the exploration of the structure property relationships of πconjugated systems, such as parameters of field-effect mobility (μ, the drift velocity of carriers under unit electric field), current on/off ratio (the ratio of the maximum on-state current to the minimum off-state current), and threshold voltage (the minimum gate voltage that is required to turn on the transistor). 17 Since the discovery of OFETs in the 1980s, they have attracted much attention. Research onOFETs includes the discovery, design, and synthesis of π-conjugated systems for OFETs, device optimization, development of applications in radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, flexible displays, electronic papers, sensors, and so forth. It is beyond the scope of this review to cover all aspects of π-conjugated systems; hence, our focus will be on the performance analysis of π-conjugated systems in OFETs. This should make it possible to extract information regarding the fundamental merit of semiconducting π-conjugated materials and capture what is needed for newmaterials and what is the synthesis orientation of newπ-conjugated systems. In fact, for a new science with many practical applications, the field of organic electronics is progressing extremely rapidly. For example, using “organic field effect transistor” or “organic field effect transistors” as the query keywords to search the Web of Science citation database, it is possible to show the distribution of papers over recent years as shown in Figure 1A. It is very clear

General observation of n-type field-effect behaviour in organic semiconductors

Abstract: Organic semiconductors have been the subject of active research for over a decade now, with applications emerging in light-emitting displays and printable electronic circuits. One characteristic feature of these materials is the strong trapping of electrons but not holes1: organic field-effect transistors (FETs) typically show p-type, but not n-type, conduction even with the appropriate low-work-function electrodes, except for a few special high-electron-affinity2,3,4 or low-bandgap5 organic semiconductors. Here we demonstrate that the use of an appropriate hydroxyl-free gate dielectric—such as a divinyltetramethylsiloxane-bis(benzocyclobutene) derivative (BCB; ref. 6)—can yield n-channel FET conduction in most conjugated polymers. The FET electron mobilities thus obtained reveal that electrons are considerably more mobile in these materials than previously thought. Electron mobilities of the order of 10-3 to 10-2 cm2 V-1 s-1 have been measured in a number of polyfluorene copolymers and in a dialkyl-substituted poly(p-phenylenevinylene), all in the unaligned state. We further show that the reason why n-type behaviour has previously been so elusive is the trapping of electrons at the semiconductor–dielectric interface by hydroxyl groups, present in the form of silanols in the case of the commonly used SiO2 dielectric. These findings should therefore open up new opportunities for organic complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuits, in which both p-type and n-type behaviours are harnessed.