Organic thin-film transistors in sandwich configuration
- 5 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 84 (1) , 142-144
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1638634
Abstract
Organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) having source/drain electrodes sandwiched between copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) and cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) layers, CuPc/CoPc SC OTFTs, are investigated. Comparing their properties with that of CuPc-based top-contact OTFT, field-effect mobility increases from 0.04 to 0.11 cm 2 / Vs , threshold voltage shifts from −13.8 to −8.9 V, and the current on/off ratio maintains at a level of 10 5 . A top-contact OTFT with a layer of CuPc and a layer of CoPc (10%)–CuPc mixture reveals that the combination of CuPc and CoPc enhances charge injection from the source electrode into the active layer and increases the off-state current. The sandwich configuration increases the field-effect mobility, reduce the threshold voltage, and improve the on/off ratio at the same time. Our results indicate that using a double-layer of active organic materials in sandwich configuration is an effective way to improve OTFT performance.Keywords
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