Biaxially thiophene side chain extended thieno [3,2b]thiophene (TT2T)-based polymers, PTTT2T, P2TTT2T, PTTTT2T, and PTVTTT2T, were synthesized by Stille coupling polymerization with different conjugated moieties of thiophene (T), bithiophene (2T), thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (TT), and thiophene− vinylene−thiophene (TVT), respectively. The electronic properties of the prepared polymers could be effectively tuned because the variant πconjugated building block affected the backbone conformation and the resulted morphology. The morphology of the thin films characterized by atomic force microscopy and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction showed that P2TTT2T and PTVTTT2T thin films possessed a better molecular packing with a nanofiber structure owing to their coplanar backbone. The average field-effect mobilities of PTTT2T, P2TTT2T, PTTTT2T, and PTVTTT2T were 6.7 × 10 −6 , 0.36, 2.2 × 10 −3 , and 0.64 cm 2 V −1 s −1 (maximum 0.71), respectively, attributed to the coplanarity of polymer skeleton. In addition, the fabricated FET devices showed a high on/off ratio over 10 7 under ambient for over 3 months, suggesting the excellent environmental stability. The above results demonstrated that the biaxially extended fused thiophene based conjugated polymers could serve as a potential candidate for organic electronic device applications.
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