Electron Donating Functional Polymer Dielectrics to Reduce the Threshold Voltage of n-Type Organic Thin-Film Transistors
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2024-08
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11
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Advanced Electronic Materials, Volume 10, issue 8
Abstract
Low-cost and high-performance electronics based on synthetically simple materials are required to fuel the deployment of smart packaging and wearable electronics. Metal phthalocyanines (MPcs) are promising semiconductors for use in n-type organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) but often require high operating voltages. The first silicon phthalocyanine-based OTFT with a polymer dielectric is reported as an alternative to traditional metal oxide dielectrics. Incorporating poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as the dielectric successfully reduces the threshold voltage (VT) of bispentafluorophenoxy SiPc (F10-SiPc) from 14.9V to 7.3V while retaining high mobility. Further reduction in VT is obtained by using copolymers and blends of PMMA and dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA)-containing polymers, where a higher molar fraction of DMAEMA leads to a consistent drop in VT to -0.7 V. The electron-donating groups of the tertiary amines in the DMAEMA show clear interfacial doping of the semiconductor, reducing the voltage required to populate the dielectric/semiconductor interface with charge carriers and turn on the device. Blending trace amounts of DMAEMA-containing copolymers with PMMA proves to be an effective strategy for reducing the VT while keeping the charge mobility high, unlike when using pure copolymers with elevated DMAEMA content. Time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) demonstrate that the DMAEMA-containing copolymer is floating to the surface of the PMMA blend at the dielectric–semiconductor interface, which explains the reduced VT. Synchrotron scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) demonstrates that PMMA promotes a more edge-on orientation of F10-SiPc films, compared to the more face-on orientation when deposited on the DMAEMA containing copolymer. This study demonstrates a straightforward process for designing dielectric polymers and their blends for the reduction in VT for n-type OTFTs.Description
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functional polymers, organic thin-film transistor, polymer dielectrics, silicon phthalocyanine, surface doping, threshold voltage
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Ronnasi, B, King, B, Brixi, S, Swaraj, S, Niskanen, J & Lessard, B H 2024, ' Electron Donating Functional Polymer Dielectrics to Reduce the Threshold Voltage of n-Type Organic Thin-Film Transistors ', Advanced Electronic Materials, vol. 10, no. 8, 2300810 . https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202300810