Abstract
Organic thin-film electronics have long been considered an enticing candidate in achieving high-throughput manufacturing of low-power ubiquitous electronics. However, to achieve this goal, more work is required to reduce operating voltages and develop suitable mass-manufacture techniques. Here, we demonstrate low-voltage spray-cast organic thin-film transistors based on a semiconductor blend of 2,8-difluoro- 5,11-bis (triethylsilylethynyl) anthradithiophene and poly(triarylamine). Both semiconductor and dielectric films are deposited via successive spray deposition in ambient conditions (air with 40%–60% relative humidity) without any special precautions. Despite the simplicity of the deposition method, p-channel transistors with hole mobilities of >1 cm2/Vs are realized at −4 V operation, and unipolar inverters operating at −6 V are demonstrated.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-5-2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4922194
Funding Information
S.H. and T.D.A. acknowledge the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Grant No. EP/G037515/1, and Plastic Logic Ltd. The work at WFU was supported by the National Science Foundation, under Grant No. ECCS-1254757.
Repository Citation
Hunter, Simon; Ward, Jeremy W.; Payne, Marcia M.; Anthony, John E.; Jurchescu, Oana D.; and Anthopoulos, Thomas D., "Low-Voltage Polymer/Small-Molecule Blend Organic Thin-Film Transistors and Circuits Fabricated via Spray Deposition" (2015). Chemistry Faculty Publications. 35.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/chemistry_facpub/35
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in Applied Physics Letters, v. 106, no. 22, article 223304, p. 1-4.
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The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters, v. 106, no. 22, article 223304, p. 1-4 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4922194.