Flexible organic thin-film transistors using single-walled carbon nanotubes as an activated channel

Jae Hong Kwon; Sang Il Shin; Myung Ho Chung; Ki Young Dong; James Jungho Pak; Byeong Kwon Ju

doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2010.04.052

Flexible organic thin-film transistors using single-walled carbon nanotubes as an activated channel

Jae Hong Kwon, Sang Il Shin, Myung Ho Chung, Ki Young Dong, James Jungho Pak, Byeong Kwon Ju

School of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

We report on the fabrication of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) with a spun cross linked poly-4-vinylphenol (PVP) dielectric on a polyethersulphone (PES) flexible substrate. To improve the electrical performance of OTFTs, we employed a random single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) network as a carrier transfer underlay without sacrificing the flexibility of the TFTs. The random SWNTs showed that they can act as a semiconducting channel and conduction path to shorten the channel length in our TFTs. The flexible thin-film transistors (TFTs) with a random SWNTs/pentacene bilayer as an active channel exhibited an improved saturation field effect mobility (μ_sat) of 2.6 × 10^{- 1} cm²/Vs compared to that of TFTs without the SWNTs underlay, while creating only a minor reduction of the current on/off ratio.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6168-6173
Number of pages	6
Journal	Thin Solid Films
Volume	518
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.04.052
Publication status	Published - 2010 Sep 1

Keywords

Cross-linked poly-4-vinylphenol
Flexible organic thin-film transistors
Pentacene
Polyethersulphone
Single-walled carbon nanotubes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Surfaces and Interfaces
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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