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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Breaking the mobility-stability dichotomy in organic semiconductors through adaptive surface doping.

Zhaofeng Wang, Xianshuo Wu, Siyuan Zhang, Shuyuan Yang, Pichao Gao, Panhui Huang, Yanling Xiao, Xianfeng Shen, Ximeng Yao, Dong Zeng and 5 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Zhaofeng Wang *Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.ORCID 0009-0004-9257-7233
Xianshuo Wu *Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Siyuan Zhang *Key Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Shuyuan YangKey Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Pichao GaoKey Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.ORCID 0009-0000-9714-2264
Panhui HuangZurich Instruments Aktiengesellschaft, Zurich 8005, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6603-9918
Yanling XiaoInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0009-0000-2438-3331
Xianfeng ShenKey Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Ximeng YaoKey Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Dong ZengKey Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Jiansheng JieInstitute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China.
Yecheng ZhouThe Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8222-7193
Fangxu YangKey Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Rongjin LiKey Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0178-5167
Wenping HuKey Laboratory of Organic Integrated Circuit, Ministry of Education & Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5686-2740

Funding

MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 52073206MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 52273193National Key R&D program of China 2024YFA1209602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Organic semiconductors (OSCs) are pivotal for next-generation flexible electronics but are limited by an intrinsic trade-off between mobility and stability. We introduce adaptive surface doping (ASD), an innovative strategy to overcome this dichotomy in OSCs. ASD's adaptive mechanism accommodates a broad range of dopant concentrations, optimally passivating trap states as needed. This approach significantly lowers the trap energy level from 84 meV to 14 meV above the valence band edge, promoting a transition from hopping to band-like transport mechanisms. ASD boosts carrier mobility by over 60%, reaching up to 30.7 cm

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dopingorganic field-effect transistorsorganic semiconductorstrap statestwo-dimensional molecular crystals

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PMCPMC12002308

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