Highly oriented semiconducting polymer nanofilm with enhanced crystallinity

Wenhao Xie, Quanzheng Deng, Jibiao Wu, Fangsen Li, Wenyan Dan, Xuefeng Wang (), Lu Han () and Hongbo Gu ()
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Wenhao Xie: Tongji University, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering
Quanzheng Deng: Tongji University, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering
Jibiao Wu: Tongji University, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering
Fangsen Li: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Vacuum Interconnected Nanotech Workstation, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
Wenyan Dan: Tongji University, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering
Xuefeng Wang: Tongji University, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering
Lu Han: Tongji University, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering
Hongbo Gu: Tongji University, Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Semiconducting polymers are crucial in flexible and wearable intelligent organic electronic devices. However, their crystallization remains a significant challenge because the crystallization kinetics is limited by the rigid conjugation structure and strong intermolecular π-π stacking. This leads to energetic disorder in electronic structure and poor charge transport, which severely hinders electrical performances of devices. Herein, we report highly oriented semiconducting polymers with enhanced crystallinity prepared by low-temperature plasma-driven evaporation process, during which polymer chains cross the energy barrier and crystallization kinetic for approaching torsion-free conformations. This material possesses an extended intrachain conjugation, ordered interchain stacking, high crystallinity and narrowed density of states contribution, which causes the extraordinary electrical response to stimulations with the emphatic Seebeck coefficient and power factor 1017% and 8295% times those of spin-coated film, respectively.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65709-9

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