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Molecular Design of Benzothiadiazole-Fused Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives for OFET Gas Sensors: A Computational Study

Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, China
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Sensors 2025, 25(19), 6190; https://doi.org/10.3390/s25196190
Submission received: 15 August 2025 / Revised: 7 September 2025 / Accepted: 14 September 2025 / Published: 6 October 2025
(This article belongs to the Section Chemical Sensors)

Abstract

Due to their unique advantages—such as small size, easy integration, flexible wearability, low power consumption, high sensitivity, and material designability—organic field-effect transistor (OFET) gas sensors have significant application potential in fields such as environmental detection, smart healthcare, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Benzothiadiazole fused tetrathiafulvalenes (TTF) are promising organic semiconductor candidates due to their abundant S atoms and planar π-π conjugation skeletons. We designed a series of derivatives by side-chain modification, and conducted systematic computations on TTF derivatives, including reported and newly designed materials, to analyze how geometric factors affect the charge transport properties of materials at the PBE0/6-311G(d,p) level. The frontier molecular orbitals (FMOs) and reorganization energy indicate that the designed derivatives are promising candidates for organic semiconductor sensing materials. Furthermore, theoretical calculations reveal that the designed TTF derivatives are sensitive to gases like NH3, H2S, and SO2, indicating organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) with gas-sensing functions.
Keywords: organic semiconductors; TTF derivatives; molecular design; frontier molecular orbitals; reorganization energy organic semiconductors; TTF derivatives; molecular design; frontier molecular orbitals; reorganization energy

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Xu, X.; Huang, C. Molecular Design of Benzothiadiazole-Fused Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives for OFET Gas Sensors: A Computational Study. Sensors 2025, 25, 6190. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25196190

AMA Style

Xu X, Huang C. Molecular Design of Benzothiadiazole-Fused Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives for OFET Gas Sensors: A Computational Study. Sensors. 2025; 25(19):6190. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25196190

Chicago/Turabian Style

Xu, Xiuru, and Changfa Huang. 2025. "Molecular Design of Benzothiadiazole-Fused Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives for OFET Gas Sensors: A Computational Study" Sensors 25, no. 19: 6190. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25196190

APA Style

Xu, X., & Huang, C. (2025). Molecular Design of Benzothiadiazole-Fused Tetrathiafulvalene Derivatives for OFET Gas Sensors: A Computational Study. Sensors, 25(19), 6190. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25196190

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