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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
UNSPSC Code:
12352103
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
329761253
EC Number:
205-193-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1912418
MDL number:
MFCD00003710
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Quality Segment

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 (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

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.

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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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