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2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane

97%

Synonym(s):

(2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-diylidene)dimalononitrile, 7,7,8,8-Tetracyano-2,3,5,6-tetrafluoroquinodimethane, F4TCNQ

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12F4N4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
276.15
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
2157887
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Product Name

2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane, 97%

InChI

1S/C12F4N4/c13-9-7(5(1-17)2-18)10(14)12(16)8(11(9)15)6(3-19)4-20

SMILES string

FC1=C(F)C(\C(F)=C(F)/C1=C(\C#N)C#N)=C(\C#N)C#N

InChI key

IXHWGNYCZPISET-UHFFFAOYSA-N

assay

97%

form

solid

mp

285-290 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

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Application

F4-TCNQ can be doped with poly[bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] (PTAA) to form a hole transport material (HTL), which can be used to achieve an energy efficiency of 16% for a semi-transparent perovskite solar cell. It can be used as a p-type dopant to form a blended composite film with poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) having enhanced charge mobility, which can be potentially useful in organic photovoltaics.
F4-TCNQ is the p-type dopant for hole-only devices and field effect transistors with organic hole transport layers (HTL). It is used in the preparation of a bilayer structure of F4-TCNQ and pentacene to study improved thermoelectric performance of organic thin films.

General description

2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4-TCNQ) is a dopant used in the fabrication of organic semiconductors. It can tune the electronic properties as its lowest unoccupied molecular orbital is at a desirable energy level required to oxidize a wide range of semiconductors.
2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4-TCNQ) are p-type molecules, used as a strong acceptor dopant , it generates free holes.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral

Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

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