Issue 29, 2009

Low-operating voltage organic field-effect transistors with high-k cross-linked cyanoethylated pullulanpolymer gate dielectrics

Abstract

The performance of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) with high-k cross-linked cyanoethylated pullulan (CLCEP) polymer as a gate dielectric was studied. The optimized film spin-coated from the polymer blend showed high dielectric constant (13.4), high capacitance (53.4 nF cm−2, at 1 MHz), and negligible hysteresis enabling reliable and low-voltage OFET operations (−3V). With optimized cross-linking temperature, a field-effect mobility of 1.32 cm2V−1 s−1, an on/off current ratio (Ion/Ioff) of ∼105 and a threshold voltage (Vth) as low as −1.05 V were obtained. Also a low inverse subthreshold slope (SS) of 89 mV dec−1 was obtained which is close to the theoretical value of 57 mV dec−1 at room temperature. The number of trap states was estimated from threshold voltage shift and SS values, and was confirmed to be related to the OH intensities measured via FT-IR. The morphology and microstructure of the pentacene layer grown on CLCEP dielectrics were also investigated and correlated with OFET device performance.

Graphical abstract: Low-operating voltage organic field-effect transistors with high-k cross-linked cyanoethylated pullulan polymer gate dielectrics

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Mar 2009
Accepted
05 May 2009
First published
16 Jun 2009

J. Mater. Chem., 2009,19, 5250-5257

Low-operating voltage organic field-effect transistors with high-k cross-linked cyanoethylated pullulan polymer gate dielectrics

W. Xu and S. Rhee, J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 5250 DOI: 10.1039/B905263A

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