Adv. Mater.: Trap Healing for High-Performance Low-Voltage Polymer Transistors and Solution-Based Analog Amplifiers on Foil

Title：

Trap Healing for High-Performance Low-Voltage Polymer Transistors and Solution-Based Analog Amplifiers on Foil

Authors：

Vincenzo Pecunia,^1,2* Mark Nikolka¹,  Antony Sou¹, lyad Nasrallah¹, Atefeh Y.Amin¹,  lain McCulloch³ and Henning Sirringhaus¹*

Institutions：

¹Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK.

²Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials(FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, 199 Ren’ai Road, Suzhou,215123 Jiangsu, P.R.China.

³Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

Present address:Pragmatic Printing Ltd, Unit 322, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WG, UK.

Abstract：

Solution-processed semiconductors such as conjugated polymers have great potential in large-area electronics. While extremely appealing due to their low-temperature and high-throughput deposition methods, their integration in high-performance circuits has been difficult. An important remaining challenge is the achievement of low-voltage circuit operation. The present study focuses on state-of-the-art polymer thin-film transistors based on poly(indacenodithiophene-benzothiadiazole) and shows that the general paradigm for low-voltage operation via an enhanced gate-to-channel capacitive coupling is unable to deliver high-performance device behavior. The order-of-magnitude longitudinal-field reduction demanded by low-voltage operation plays a fundamental role, enabling bulk trapping and leading to compromised contact properties. A trap-reduction technique based on small molecule additives, however, is capable of overcoming this effect, allowing low-voltage high-mobility operation. This approach is readily applicable to low-voltage circuit integration, as this work exemplifies by demonstrating high-performance analog differential amplifiers operating at a battery-compatible power supply voltage of 5V with power dissipation of 11W, and attaining a voltage gain above 60 dB at a power supply voltage below 8V. These findings constitute an important milestone in realizing low-voltage polymer transistors for solution-based analog electronics that meets performance and power-dissipation requirements for a range of battery-powered   smart-sensing applications.

IF：

19.791

Link：

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201606938/full