Pinaceae Pine Resins (Black Pine, Shore Pine, Rosin, and Baltic Amber) as Natural Dielectrics for Low Operating Voltage, Hysteresis-Free, Organic Field Effect Transistors

Maria Elisabetta Coppola; Andreas Petritz; Cristian Vlad Irimia; Cigdem Yumusak; Felix Mayr; Mateusz Bednorz; Aleksandar Matkovic; Muhammad Awais Aslam; Klara Saller; Clemens Schwarzinger; Maria Daniela Ionita; Manuela Schiek; Annika I Smeds; Yolanda Salinas; Oliver Brüggemann; Rosarita D'Orsi; Marco Mattonai; Erika Ribechini; Alessandra Operamolla; Christian Teichert; Chunlin Xu; Barbara Stadlober; Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci; Mihai Irimia-Vladu

doi:10.1002/gch2.202300062

Pinaceae Pine Resins (Black Pine, Shore Pine, Rosin, and Baltic Amber) as Natural Dielectrics for Low Operating Voltage, Hysteresis-Free, Organic Field Effect Transistors

Glob Chall. 2023 Sep 6;7(9):2300062. doi: 10.1002/gch2.202300062. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Authors

Maria Elisabetta Coppola¹, Andreas Petritz¹, Cristian Vlad Irimia^{1

2}, Cigdem Yumusak², Felix Mayr², Mateusz Bednorz², Aleksandar Matkovic³, Muhammad Awais Aslam³, Klara Saller⁴, Clemens Schwarzinger⁴, Maria Daniela Ionita⁵, Manuela Schiek^{2

6}, Annika I Smeds⁷, Yolanda Salinas⁸, Oliver Brüggemann⁸, Rosarita D'Orsi⁹, Marco Mattonai⁹, Erika Ribechini⁹, Alessandra Operamolla⁹, Christian Teichert³, Chunlin Xu⁷, Barbara Stadlober¹, Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci², Mihai Irimia-Vladu^{1

2

10}

Affiliations

¹ Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft Materials Franz-Pichler Str. Nr. 30 Weiz 8169 Austria.
² Johannes Kepler University Linz Dept. Physical Chemistry Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS) Altenberger Str. Nr. 69 Linz 4040 Austria.
³ Chair of Physics Department of Physics Mechanics and Electrical Engineering Montanuniversität Leoben Franz Josef Str. 18 Leoben 8700 Austria.
⁴ Institut for Chemical Technologies of Organic Materials Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenberger Str. Nr. 69 Linz 4040 Austria.
⁵ National Institute for Laser Plasma and Radiation Physics PO Box Mg-36, Magurele Bucharest 077125 Romania.
⁶ Johannes Kepler University Linz Center for Surface and Nanoanalytics (ZONA) Altenberger Str. 69 Linz 4040 Austria.
⁷ Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology/Wood and Paper Chemistry Åbo Akademi University Porthansgatan 3-5, Åbo Turku 20500 Finland.
⁸ Institute of Polymer Chemistry Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenberger Str. 69 Linz 4040 Austria.
⁹ Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry University of Pisa via Moruzzi 13 Pisa 56124 Italy.
¹⁰ Present address: Mihai Irimia-Vladu Johannes Kepler University Linz Institute of Physical Chemistry Linz Institute for Organic Solar Cells (LIOS) Altenberger Str. Nr. 69 Linz 40040 Austria.

Abstract

Four pinaceae pine resins analyzed in this study: black pine, shore pine, Baltic amber, and rosin demonstrate excellent dielectric properties, outstanding film forming, and ease of processability from ethyl alcohol solutions. Their trap-free nature allows fabrication of virtually hysteresis-free organic field effect transistors operating in a low voltage window with excellent stability under bias stress. Such green constituents represent an excellent choice of materials for applications targeting biocompatibility and biodegradability of electronics and sensors, within the overall effort of sustainable electronics development and environmental friendliness.

Keywords: green electronics; natural dielectric material; natural resins; pine resins; sustainable electronics.