Improved Performance of Phthalocyanine Derivative Field-Effect Transistors by Inserting a Para-Quarterphenyl as the Inducing Layer

We investigate the phthalocyanine derivative organic field-effect transistors （OFETs） using a novel para - quaterphenyl （p-4p） as the inducing layer. Compared to the devices without the p-4p inducing layer, the performances of p-type （copper phthalocyanine） and n-type （fluorinated copper phthaloeyanine） OFETs with optimized thickness of p-4p thin films are greatly enhanced. Both the field-effect mobility and the on/off ratio of the two-type devices are improved by one order of magnitude compared to those of the control devices. This re- markable improvement is attributed to the introduction of p-4p, which can form a highly oriented and continuous phthalocyanine derivative film with the molecular π - π stack direction parallel to the substrate.