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Pentacene

triple-sublimed grade, ≥99.995% trace metals basis

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C22H14
CAS Number:
135-48-8
Molecular Weight:
278.35
Beilstein:
1912418
EC Number:
205-193-7
MDL number:
MFCD00003710
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
PubChem Substance ID:
329761253
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

≥99.995% trace metals basis

form

powder

quality

triple-sublimed grade

mp

372-374 °C (subl.)

solubility

organic solvents: slightly soluble(lit.)

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)

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

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General description

Pentacene is a conjugating material with relatively high field effect mobility and ordered film-forming ability. It forms organic thin films that can be coated on a variety of substrates for the development of semiconducting devices.
TGA/DSC Lot specific traces available upon request

Application

Pentacene can be used as an active material for various optoelectronic and electronic applications such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) and organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs).
p-Type organic conductor. Triple-sublimed grade for organic electronic device applications.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Growth dynamics of pentacene thin films
Zu Heringdorf FM, et al.
Nature, 412(6846), 517-517 (2001)
Xiong Chen et al.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 10(3) (2020-03-18)
Polymer-ceramic dielectric composites have been of great interest because they combine the processability of polymers with the desired dielectric properties of the ceramics. We fabricated a low voltage-operated flexible organic field-effect transistor (OFET) based on crosslinked poly (4-vinyl phenol) (PVP)
Postfabrication annealing of pentacene-based photovoltaic cells
Mayer AC, et al.
Applied Physics Letters, 85(25), 6272-6274 (2004)
Pentacene thin film growth
Ruiz R, et al.
Chemistry of Materials, 16(23), 4497-4508 (2004)
David G Bossanyi et al.
Nature chemistry, 13(2), 163-171 (2020-12-09)
Singlet fission and triplet-triplet annihilation represent two highly promising ways of increasing the efficiency of photovoltaic devices. Both processes are believed to be mediated by a biexcitonic triplet-pair state, 1(TT). Recently however, there has been debate over the role of
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