Performance enhancement in TIPS-pentacene:PS blend organic field effect transistors by solvent vapor annealing
19 Jun 2016-pp 1-2
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used solvent vapor annealing (SVA) to further ameliorate the degree of crystalline order in the active layer of an organic field effect transistors.
Abstract: Organic field effect transistors (OFETs) have been widely explored for their popular applications in flat panel displays and various kinds of affordable sensors. The overall performance of the device depends on the quality of semiconductor-dielectric interface, and degree of crystalline order in the active layer, close to the above said interface. In the special league of solution processed OFETs, semicondutor: polymer blends have been reported as one of the best possible ways to achieve an intimate, uniform and defect free semiconductor-dielectric interface in a single step. In addition, degree of crystalline order can be further ameliorated through solvent vapor annealing (SVA), which essentially controls the evaporation time of the solvent.
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...These promising flexible, light-weight, solution-processed materials (polymers and small molecules) are widely used in organic electronic applications spanning from OSCs to organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic field effect transistors (OFETs).(6,7) Organic semiconducting polymers can be designed to have different backbone configurations as well as various incorporated heteroatoms as e....
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Abstract: We demonstrate a new way to investigate and control the solvent vapor annealing of solution-cast organic semiconductor thin films. Solvent vapor annealing of spin-cast films of 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) pentacene (TIPS-Pn) is investigated in situ using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) capability, allowing us to monitor both solvent mass uptake and changes in the mechanical rigidity of the film. Using time-resolved grazing incidence wide angle X-ray scattering (GIWAXS) and complementary static atomic force microscopy (AFM), we demonstrate that solvent vapor annealing in the molecular regime can cause significant performance improvements in organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), whereas allowing the solvent to percolate and form a liquid phase results in catastrophic reorganization and dewetting of the film, making the process counterproductive. Using these lessons we devise processing conditions which prevent percolation of the adsorbed solvent vapor molecules for extended peri...
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TL;DR: These OFETs with unprecedented water stability are reported on, which paves the way for the development of continuous chemical/biological nondestructive sensor applications in aqueous media.
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TL;DR: In this article, an 11-stage ring oscillator (RO) made of organic thin-film transistors (TFTs) exhibits the switching speed of 31.4 kHz at the supply voltage of 20 V.
Abstract: We report the high-performance circuit on 25-μm polyimide substrate with organic thin-film transistors (TFTs) (OTFTs) using 6,13-bis(triisopropyl-silylethynyl) pentacene and polymer blending. Because of high mobility (0.64 cm2/V·s) and low threshold voltage (<;|1 V|) of the TFTs, an 11-stage ring oscillator (RO) made of these TFTs exhibits the switching speed of 31.4 kHz at the supply voltage of 20 V. The output waveforms of the RO change little after 5000 times bending with a radius of curvature of 2 mm, and thus, the OTFT circuits can be applied to very flexible electronics.
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