Planar-Processed Polymer Transistors

Yong Xu; Huabin Sun; Eul-Yong Shin; Yen-Fu Lin; Wenwu Li; Yong-Young Noh

doi:10.1002/adma.201601589

Planar-Processed Polymer Transistors

Adv Mater. 2016 Oct;28(38):8531-8537. doi: 10.1002/adma.201601589. Epub 2016 Aug 1.

Authors

Yong Xu¹, Huabin Sun², Eul-Yong Shin², Yen-Fu Lin³, Wenwu Li⁴, Yong-Young Noh⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, 30 Pildong-ro, 1-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea. xu.yong@dongguk.edu.
² Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, 30 Pildong-ro, 1-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea.
³ Department of Physics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Polar Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Department of Electronic Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China. wwli@ee.ecnu.edu.cn.
⁵ Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, 30 Pildong-ro, 1-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul, 04620, Republic of Korea. yynoh@dongguk.edu.

PMID: 27479755
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201601589

Abstract

Planar-processed polymer transistors are proposed where the effective charge injection and the split unipolar charge transport are all on the top surface of the polymer film, showing ideal device characteristics with unparalleled performance. This technique provides a great solution to the problem of fabrication limitations, the ambiguous operating principle, and the performance improvements in practical applications of conjugated-polymer transistors.

Keywords: ambipolar charge transport; conjugated polymers; contact resistance; organic field-effect transistors; planar processes.