Pentacene

Description

Pentacene, an acene with flat-like molecules made of five linearly-fused benzene rings, has been extensively?studied as a p-type semiconductor in organic field-effect?transistors. It is known to exhibit large carrier mobilities?of about 1 cm2 /V s within the plane parallel to the?substrate.

Description

Pentacene consists of five linearly fused conjugated aromatic rings. This, combined with its favorable crystal structure, has made it the first organic molecule to be widely explored for the development of electronic devices. Specifically, pentacene has shown promise as a semiconductor in thin-film transistors and field-effect transistors. In the presence of air and visible or UV light, pentacene crystals change color from purple to green, the result of photooxidation of the central aromatic ring. Its synthesis was first reported in 1929.

Chemical properties

solid

The Uses of Pentacene

Pentacene is a polycyclic aromatic compound found in wastewater treatment facility units.

The Uses of Pentacene

Pentacene can be used as OPV device (Organo Photovoltaic) and as semiconductors.

Definition

ChEBI: An acene that consists of five ortho-fused benzene rings in a rectilinear arrangement.

General Description

TGA/DSC Lot specific traces available upon request

Purification Methods

It forms blue crystals from *benzene or nitrobenzene and sublimes in a vacuum. [Clar & John Ber 62 940 1929, 64 981 1931, Beilstein 5 IV 2721.]