All Photos(1)

Documents

698423

Pentacene

Name: Pentacene
Brand: ALDRICH

triple-sublimed grade, ≥99.995% trace metals basis

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing

All Photos(1)

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

C₂₂H₁₄

CAS Number:

135-48-8

Molecular Weight:

278.35

Beilstein:

1912418

EC Number:

205-193-7

MDL number:

MFCD00003710

PubChem Substance ID:

329761253

NACRES:

NA.23

Quality Level

100

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 (J_sc): 15 mA/cm²
Open-circuit voltage (V_oc): 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

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Related Categories

Exclusive Savings

OFET & OPV Materials

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

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Documents related to the products that you have purchased in the past have been gathered in the Document Library for your convenience.

Visit the Document Library

Difficulty Finding Your Product Or Lot/Batch Number?

How to Find the Product Number

Product numbers are combined with Pack Sizes/Quantity when displayed on the website (example: T1503-25G). Please make sure you enter ONLY the product number in the Product Number field (example: T1503).

Example:

T1503

Product Number

25G

Pack Size/Quantity

Additional examples:

705578-5MG-PW

PL860-CGA/SHF-1EA

MMYOMAG-74K-13

1000309185

enter as 1.000309185)

Having trouble? Feel free to contact Technical Service for assistance.

How to Find a Lot/Batch Number for COA

Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product's label following the words 'Lot' or 'Batch'.

Aldrich Products

For a lot number such as TO09019TO, enter it as 09019TO (without the first two letters 'TO').
For a lot number with a filling-code such as 05427ES-021, enter it as 05427ES (without the filling-code '-021').
For a lot number with a filling-code such as STBB0728K9, enter it as STBB0728 without the filling-code 'K9'.

Not Finding What You Are Looking For?

In some cases, a COA may not be available online. If your search was unable to find the COA you can request one.

Request COA

High-mobility polymer gate dielectric pentacene thin film transistors

Klauk H, et al.

Journal of Applied Physics, 92(9), 5259-5263 (2002)

Pentacene thin film growth

Ruiz R, et al.

Chemistry of Materials, 16(23), 4497-4508 (2004)

Emissive spin-0 triplet-pairs are a direct product of triplet-triplet annihilation in pentacene single crystals and anthradithiophene films.

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

Growth dynamics of pentacene thin films

Zu Heringdorf FM, et al.

Nature, 412(6846), 517-517 (2001)

Postfabrication annealing of pentacene-based photovoltaic cells

Mayer AC, et al.

Applied Physics Letters, 85(25), 6272-6274 (2004)

View All Related Papers

Articles

Self-Assembly in Organic Thin Film Transistors for Flexible Electronic Devices

Flexible electronic circuits and displays based on organic active materials are future generations of products that may eventually enter mainstream electronics market.

Metal-Organic Complexes for Doping Organic Semiconductors and Surface Doping

The conductivity of organic semiconductors can be increased, and the barriers to charge-carrier injection from other materials can be reduced, by the use of highly reducing or oxidizing species to n- or p-dope, respectively, the semiconductor.

Silylethyne-substituted Pentacenes

Silylethyne substitution offers an opportunity to tune solubility for application-specific needs and self-assembly for electronic performance and has yielded semiconductors with excellent device performance.

Organic Materials for Thin Film Transistors

See All