Ta2O5-PMMA复合栅绝缘层对OFETs性能的影响

选用五氧化二钽（Ta₂O₅）-聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯（PMMA）复合材料作为栅绝缘层制备了并五苯有机场效应晶体管（OFETs）。通过在Ta₂O₅表面旋涂一层PMMA可以降低栅绝缘层的表面粗糙度,增大其场效应晶体管的迁移率。研究了厚度在20~60 nm范围内的PMMA对复合绝缘层表面形貌、粗糙度以及器件电学性能的影响。结果表明,当PMMA厚度为40 nm时,器件的电学性能最佳。与单一的Ta₂O₅栅绝缘层器件相比,其场效迁移率由4.2×10^-2 cm²/（V·s）提高到0.31 cm²/（V·s）;栅电压增加到-20 V时,开关电流比由2.9×10²增大到2.9×10⁵。     

High-performance n-channel organic thin-film transistors based on the dual effects of heterojunction and surface modification

This paper presents two n-channel organic heterojunction transistors with modified insulator by using hexadecafluorophthalocyaninatocopper (F₁₆CuPc)/copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) and F₁₆CuPc/pentacene as the active layers. Compared with a single-layer device, it reports that an improved field-effect mobility and a 6-fold higher drain current are observed. The highest mobility of 0.081~cm²/(V.s) was obtained from F₁₆CuPc/CuPc heterojunction devices. This result is attributed to the dual effects of the organic heterojunction and interface modification. Furthermore, for two heterojunction devices, the performance of the F₁₆CuPc/CuPc-based transistor is better than that of F₁₆CuPc/pentacene. This is attributed to the morphologic match of two organic components.     

低栅极电压控制下带有phenyltrimethoxysilane单分子自组装层的有机薄膜晶体管场效应特性研究

制作了底栅极顶接触有机薄膜晶体管器件,60 nm的pentacene被用作有源层,120 nm热生长的SiO₂作为栅极绝缘层.通过采用不同自组装修饰材料对器件的有源层与栅极绝缘层之间的界面进行修饰,如octadecyltrichlorosilane （OTS）,phenyltrimethoxysilane （PhTMS）,来比较界面修饰层对器件性能的影响.同时对带有PhTMS修饰层的OTFTs器件低栅极电压调制下的场效应行为及其载流子的传输机理进行研究.结果得到,当|V 关键词： 有机薄膜晶体管 自组装单分子层 场效应迁移率 低栅极调制电压     

Organic field-effect transistors

The paper reviews the recent year publications concerning organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). A lot of works have been performed to help understanding the structural and electrical properties of materials used to construct OFETs. It has been established that in partially ordered systems, the charge transport mechanism is thermally activated and field-assisted hopping transport and the hopping transport between disorder-induced localized states dominate over intrinsic polaronic hopping transport seen in organic single crystals. Many research attempts have been carried out on the design of air-stable organic semiconductors with a solution process which is capable of producing OFETs with excellent properties and good stability when subjected to multiple testing cycles and under continuous electrical bias. Recent experiments have demonstrated ambipolar channel conduction and light emission in conjugated polymer FETs. These achievements are the basis for construction of OLED based displays driven by active matrix consisting of OFETs.     

Field-effect transistor structures on the basis of poly(3-hexylthiophene), fullerene derivatives [60]PCBM, [70]PCBM,and nickel nanoparticles

Organic field-effect transistor (OFET) structures with the active layers on the basis of composite films of semiconductor polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), fullerene derivatives [60]PCBM, [70]PCBM, and nickel (Ni) nanoparticles are obtained, and their optical, electrical, and photoelectrical properties are studied. It is shown that introducing Ni nanoparticles into P3HT: [60]PCBM and P3HT: [70]PCBM films leads to an increase in the absorption and to quenching of photoluminescence of the composite in the 400–600 nm spectral band due to the plasmon effect. In P3HT: [60]PCBM: Ni and P3HT: [70]PCBM: Ni OFET structures at the P3HT: [60]PCBM and P3HT: [70]PCBM concentrations of ~1: 1 and Ni concentrations of ~3–5 wt %, current–voltage (I–V) characteristics typical of ambipolar OFETs with the dominant hole conduction are observed. The charge-carrier (hole) mobilities calculated from the I–V characteristic at V_G =–10 V were found to be ~0.46 cm²/(V s) for P3HT: [60]PCBM: Ni and ~4.7 cm²/(V s) for P3HT: [70]PCBM: Ni, which means that the mobility increases if [60]PCBM in the composition is replaced with [70]PCBM. The effect of light on the I–V characteristics of P3HT: [60]PCBM: Ni and P3HT: [70]PCBM: Ni OFETs is studied.     

有机场效应晶体管的非线性注入模型

有机场效应晶体管(Organic field effect transistor,OFET)的非线性特性是指其输出特性曲线在较低的漏极电压下出现类似于二极管的电压电流特性曲线,这种现象在有机场效应晶体管的实验研究中极为常见。Simonetti等通过引入随栅极电压变化的迁移率提出了模型并成功解释了这一现象,但实验中从器件转移特性得出的迁移率通常与栅极电压无关。本文通过引入常数迁移率对该模型进行改进,运用改进的模型研究了影响OFET非线性特性的主要因素,并对如何更加准确地获得器件参数进行了探究。     

Electrical and optical properties of light-emitting field-effect transistors based on MEH-PPV polymer composite films with ZnO nanoparticles

The optical and electrical properties of light-emitting field-effect transistor structures with an active layer based on nanocomposite films containing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles dispersed in the matrix of the soluble conjugated polymer MEH-PPV have been investigated. It has been found that the current-voltage characteristics of the field-effect transistor based on MEH-PPV: ZnO films with a composite component ratio of 2: 1 have an ambipolar character, and the mobilities of electrons and holes in these structures at a temperature of 300 K reach high values up to ～1.2 and ～1.4 cm²/V s, respectively, which are close to the mobilities in fieldeffect transistors based on ZnO films. It has been shown that the ambipolar field-effect transistor based on MEH-PPV: ZnO films emits light at both positive and negative gate bias voltages. The mechanisms of injection, charge carrier transport, and radiative recombination in the studied structures have been discussed.     

Enhanced electrical properties of pentacene-based organic thin-film transistors by modifying the gate insulator surface

A reliable surface treatment for the pentacene/gate dielectric interface was developed to enhance the electrical transport properties of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs). Plasma-polymerized fluorocarbon (CFx) film was deposited onto the SiO₂ gate dielectric prior to pentacene deposition, resulting in a dramatic increase of the field-effect mobility from 0.015 cm²/(V s) to 0.22 cm²/(V s), and a threshold voltage reduction from −14.0 V to −9.9 V. The observed carrier mobility increase by a factor of 10 in the resulting OTFTs is associated with various growth behaviors of polycrystalline pentacene thin films on different substrates, where a pronounced morphological change occurs in the first few molecular layers but the similar morphologies in the upper layers. The accompanying threshold voltage variation suggests that hole accumulation in the conduction channel-induced weak charge transfer between pentacene and CFx.     

Improving the mobility of CuPc OFETs by varying the preparation conditions

In this work, three different preparation conditions were used for testing the performance of p-conducting copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). The charge carrier mobility (μ _sat=(1.5±0.6)×10^?3 cm²/V?s) of the CuPc OFETs with the CuPc film deposited while keeping the substrate at room temperature could be improved when the gate dielectric was modified by a self-assembled monolayer of n-octadecyltrichlorosilane (μ _sat=(3.8±0.4)×10^?3 cm²/V?s) or when elevated temperatures were applied to the substrate (T _S,av=127 ^°C) during the deposition of the organic film (μ _sat=(6.5±0.8)×10^?3 cm²/V?s). For the latter case, the dependence of the mobility and threshold voltage with increasing thickness of the organic film was tested—above 13 nm film thickness, no further significant increase of the hole mobility or change in the threshold voltage could be observed. The environmental stability of the OFETs was checked by performing ex situ measurements immediately as the sample was exposed to atmosphere and after 40 days of exposure. The effect of the different preparation conditions on the morphology of the organic films prepared in this work is also discussed in this context.     

Room-temperature and solution-processed vanadium oxide buffer layer for efficient charge injection in bottom-contact organic field-effect transistors

We introduce a room temperature and solution-processible vanadium oxide (VO_x) buffer layer beneath Au source/drain electrodes for bottom-contact (BC) organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). The OFETs with the VO_x buffer layer exhibited higher mobility and lower threshold voltages than the devices without a buffer layer. The hole mobility with VO_x was over 0.11 cm²/V with the BC geometry with a short channel length (10 μm), even without a surface treatment on SiO₂. The channel width normalized contact resistance was decreased from 98 kΩ cm to 23 kΩ cm with VO_x. The improved mobility and the reduced contact resistance were attributed to the enhanced continuity of pentacene grains, and the increased work function and adhesion of the Au electrodes using the VO_x buffer layer.     

Study on characteristics of a double-conductible channel organic thin-films transistor with an ultra-thin hole-blocking layer

The properties of top-contact organic thin-film transistors (TC-OTFTs) using ultra-thin 2, 9-dimethyl-4, 7-diphenyl-1, 10-phenanthroline (BCP) as a hole-blocking interlayer have been improved significantly and a BCP interlayer was inserted into the middle of the pentacene active layer. This paper obtains a fire-new transport mode of an OTFT device with double-conductible channels. The accumulation and transfer of the hole carriers are limited by the BCP interlayer in the vertical region of the channel. A huge amount of carriers is located not only at the interface between pentacene and the gate insulator, but also at the two interfaces of pentacene/BCP interlayer and pentacene/gate insulator, respectively. The results suggest that the BCP interlayer may be useful to adjust the hole accumulation and transfer, and can increase the hole mobility and output current of OTFTs. The TC-OTFTs with a BCP interlayer at V_DS=-20~V showed excellent hole mobility μ_FE and threshold voltage V_TH of 0.58~cm²/(V\cdots) and --4.6~V, respectively.     

PVA栅绝缘层浓度对P3HT有机场效应晶体管性能的影响

采用溶液制备法制备了用PVA作为绝缘层、P3HT作为有源层的有机场效应晶体管,,研究了不同浓度PVA栅绝缘层对器件性能的影响。实验结果显示,以质量分数为8%的PVA溶液制备的栅绝缘层具有最好的性能,器件的场效应迁移率为0.31 cm²·V^-1·s^-1,阈值电压为-6 V。进一步分析了PVA栅绝缘层浓度对器件性能提高的原因,结果表明,对于制备溶液化的有机场效应晶体管,选取合适的PVA栅绝缘层浓度非常重要。     

Photo-curable epoxy functionalized cyclotetrasiloxane as a gate dielectric for organic thin film transistors

We synthesized a new photo-curable organic/inorganic hybrid material, cyclotetrasiloxane (CTS) derivative containing cyclohexene-1,2-epoxide functional groups (CTS-EPOXY), and its characteristics are compared with a prototypical organic gate insulator of poly(4-vinylphenol) (PVP) in the organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) using pentacene as an active p-type organic semiconductor. Compared with PVP, CTS-EPOXY shows better insulating characteristics and surface smoothness. A metal/insulator/metal (MIM) device with the 300-nm-thick CTS-EPOXY film shows more than two orders of magnitude lower current (less than 40 nA/cm² over the voltage range up to 60 V) compared with PVP. In addition, the pentacene TFT with CTS-EPOXY as a gate dielectric layer shows slightly higher field-effect mobility of μ_FET = 0.20 cm²/V s compared to that with PVP.     

内嵌CuO薄膜对并五苯薄膜晶体管性能的改善

制备了基于内嵌氧化物铜(CuO)薄膜的并五苯薄膜晶体管器件. 将3 nm CuO薄膜内嵌入到并五苯(pentacene)中, 作为空穴注入层, 降低电极与并五苯之间的空穴注入势垒. 相对于纯并五苯薄膜晶体管器件, 研制的晶体管的迁移率、阈值电压(V_TH)、电流开关比(I_on/I_off) 等参数都有明显改善. X射线光电子能谱数据表明, 这种空穴注入势垒的降低源自并五苯向CuO的电子转移.     

Photosensitive field-effect transistor based on a composite film of polyvinylcarbazole with nickel nanoparticles

The electronic and optoelectronic properties of field-effect transistor structures with an active layer based on composite films of a semiconducting polymer, namely, polyvinylcarbazole (PVC), with nickel nanoparticles have been investigated. It has been shown that these structures at low nickel concentrations (5–10 wt %) possess current-voltage characteristics that indicate an ambipolar transport. For the field-effect transistor structures based on PVC: Ni (Ni ～ 5 wt %) films, the mobilities of electrons and holes are found to be ～1.3 and ～1.9 cm²/V s, respectively. It has been established that the photosensitivity observed in these structures is associated with the specific features of transport in the film of the polymer with nickel nanoparticles. The mechanism of this transport is determined by the modulation of electrical conductivity of the working channel of the field-effect transistor by applying a combination of incident light and gate voltages.     

柔性有机场效应晶体管研究进展

柔性有机场效应晶体管具有可折叠、质量轻、低成本等优点,在柔性显示、柔性传感器、柔性射频标签和柔性集成电路等方面显示了广阔的应用前景.本文在介绍柔性有机场效应 晶体管最新研究进展的基础上, 总结了柔性有机场效应晶体管的器件结构和柔性有机场效应晶体管所使用的衬底材料、 栅绝缘层材料、有源层材料及电极材料, 阐述了柔性有机场效应晶体管的制备工艺, 并讨论了不同的弯曲方式对柔性有机场效应晶体管性能的影响, 最后总结和展望了柔性有机场效应晶体管的应用领域. 关键词： 柔性 晶体管 有机/聚合物 溶液加工     

Performance improvement in pentacene organic thin film transistors by inserting a C60 ultrathin layer

The contact effect on the performances of organic thin film transistors is studied here. A C₆₀ ultrathin layer is inserted between Al source--drain electrode and pentacene to reduce the contact resistance. By a 3 nm C₆₀ modification, the injection barrier is lowered and the contact resistance is reduced. Thus, the field-effect mobility increases from 0.12 to 0.52 cm²/(V·s). It means that inserting a C₆₀ ultra thin layer is a good method to improve the organic thin film transistor (OTFT) performance. The output curve is simulated by using a charge drift model. Considering the contact effect, the field effect mobility is improved to 1.15 cm²/(V·s). It indicates that further reducing the contact resistance of OTFTs should be carried out.     

Enhancement of long-term stability of pentacene thin-film transistors encapsulated with transparent SnO2

The long-term stability of pentacene thin-film transistors (TFTs) encapsulated with a transparent SnO₂ thin-film prepared by ion beam-assisted deposition (IBAD) was investigated. After encapsulation process, our organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) showed somewhat degraded field-effect mobility of 0.5 cm²/(V s) that was initially 0.62 cm²/(V s), when a buffer layer of thermally evaporated 100 nm SnO₂ film had been deposited prior to IBAD process. However, the mobility was surprisingly sustained up to 1 month and then gradually degraded down to 0.35 cm²/(V s) which was still three times higher than that of the OTFT without any encapsulation layer after 100 days in air ambient. The encapsulated OTFTs also exhibited superior on/off current ratio of over 10⁵ to that of the unprotected devices (∼10⁴) which was reduced from ∼10⁶ before aging. Therefore, the enhanced long-term stability of our encapsulated OTFTs should be attributed to well protection of permeation of H₂O and O₂ into the devices by the IBAD SnO₂ thin-film which could be used as an effective inorganic gas barrier for transparent organic electronic devices.     

Synthesis,Characterization of 9, 9＇-Bianthracene and Fabrication of 9, 9＇-Bianthracene Field-Effect Transistors

We synthesize and purify 9, 9＇-bianthracene with the purity up to 96.4%. The electronic and crystallographic structures of 9, 9＇-bianthracene are studied. The results of a joint experimental investigation based on a combination of x-ray diffraction （XRD） spectra, hydrogen nuclear magnetic （HNMR） spectra, infrared absorption （FT-IR） spectra, and mass spectra （MS） of 9, 9＇-bianthracene are obtained. The uniform compact film is observed by an atomic-force microscope （AFM）. Organic field effect transistors （OFETs） with an active layer based on the synthesized 9, 9＇-bianthracene are fabricated for the first time. Its field-effect mobility is as large as 0.067 cm^2 /（V·s） and the on/off ratio is above 5 ×10^4. The result demonstrates that the oligomerization of a small semiconductor molecule is an effective method to develop high-mobility organic semiconductors.     

Extrinsic limiting factors of carrier transport in organic field-effect transistors

Extrinsic factors to disturb the carrier transport in pentacene field-effect transistors (FETs), as a representative of the high-mobility organic FETs (OFETs), have been comprehensively analyzed by using atomic-force-microscope potentiometry (AFMP), microscopic four-point-probe field-effect transistor (MFPP-FET) measurement, and other techniques. In the first part, by mainly using AFMP as a powerful tool to reveal the potential distribution in working OFETs, we show how and how much the formation of source/drain electrodes influences the apparent field-effect mobility both for top- and bottom-contact configurations. In the second part, we show the influence of irregular grain structures and regular grain boundaries. The films grown both at very low and high temperature ranges contain distinctive insulating parts, which make the apparent mobility very low. Within the moderate growth temperature range, the intrinsic field-effect mobility obtained by MFPP-FET measurement is proportional to the average grain size. This behavior is well explained by the polycrystalline model with the diffusion theory. According to the observations in this work, it is obvious that these extrinsic limiting factors must be carefully excluded to discuss the intrinsic mechanism of the carrier transport in OFETs.