Semiconductor solution processable, precursor route

An alternative route to solution-processible organic semiconductors is to use precursors to small molecule semiconductors, such as pentacene [59] or tetrabenzo-porphyrin [60], which can be converted into their fully conjugated, insoluble form by thermal or irradiative [61] treatment on the substrate. Pentacene precursors have been shown to yield field-effect mobilities of 0.01-0.1 cm2 V-1 s 1 [62], and 0.1-0.8 cm2 V-1 s 1 [63] after thermal conversion at 150-200 °C. Small molecule organic semiconductors can also be rendered solution processible by attachment of flexible side chains [64-66], Due to the relatively low solubility of these molecules the growth of uniform thin films of these molecules remains challenging, however. 

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