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Pentacene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H14
CAS Number:
135-48-8
Molecular Weight:
278.35
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
24898247
EC Number:
205-193-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1912418
MDL number:
MFCD00003710
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Quality Segment

100

assay

99%

form

powder

mp

372-374 °C (subl.)

solubility

organic solvents: slightly soluble

orbital energy

HOMO 5 eV , LUMO 3 eV 

OPV device performance

ITO/pentacene/C60/BCP/Al

  • Short-circuit current density (Jsc): 15 mA/cm2
  • Open-circuit voltage (Voc): 0.36 V
  • Fill Factor (FF): 0.5
  • Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE): 2.7 %

semiconductor properties

P-type (mobility=0.4-3 cm2/V·s) (on/off ratio=1E5-1E8)

SMILES string

c1ccc2cc3cc4cc5ccccc5cc4cc3cc2c1

InChI

1S/C22H14/c1-2-6-16-10-20-14-22-12-18-8-4-3-7-17(18)11-21(22)13-19(20)9-15(16)5-1/h1-14H

InChI key

SLIUAWYAILUBJU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Pentacene is a popular organic semi conductor. Upon deposition on any insulating substrate, the molecules organize to form polycrystalline films. The pentacene films show good transport properties. The hydrogen atoms which surround the carbon backbone are less electronegative than the carbon backbone itself and lend some electron density to the delocalized pi-electron cloud. It can also form large crystals.
Pentacene belongs to the class of fused polycyclic hydrocarbons that are a part of the acene family with five rings. It is majorly utilized in electronic applications due to its high hole mobility of 1200 cm2V−1s−1 and fluorescent absorption peak at the wavelength of 578 nm.

Application

Pentacene can be functionalized by treating it with poly(4-vinyl phenol) (PVP), which can be used to reduce the surface energy of organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) and increase the hole mobility by 109%. It is mainly used in the fabrication of field effect transistors, which can be doped with iodine to increase the threshold voltage up to 140 V.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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