Solution-processed, high-performance n-channel organic microwire transistors

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Contributors

  • Joon Hak Oh - , Stanford University (Author)
  • Hang Woo Lee - , Stanford University (Author)
  • Stefan Mannsfeld - , Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (Author)
  • Randall M. Stoltenberg - , Stanford University (Author)
  • Eric Jung - , Stanford University (Author)
  • Yong Wan Jin - , Samsung (Author)
  • Jong Min Kim - , Samsung (Author)
  • Ji Beom Yoo - , Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) (Author)
  • Zhenan Bao - , Stanford University (Author)

Abstract

The development of solution-processable, high-performance n-channel organic semiconductors is crucial to realizing low-cost, all-organic complementary circuits. Single-crystalline organic semiconductor nano/microwires (NWs/MWs) have great potential as active materials in solution-formed high-performance transistors. However, the technology to integrate these elements into functional networks with controlled alignment and density lags far behind their inorganic counterparts. Here, we report a solution-processing approach to achieve high-performance air-stable n-channel organic transistors (the field-effect mobility (μ) up to 0.24 cm 2/Vs for MW networks) comprising high mobility, solution-synthesized single-crystalline organic semiconducting MWs (μ as high as 1.4 cm 2/Vs for individual MWs) and a filtration-and-transfer (FAT) alignment method. The FAT method enables facile control over both alignment and density of MWs. Our approach presents a route toward solution-processed, high-performance organic transistors and could be used for directed assembly of various functional organic and inorganic NWs/MWs.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6065-6070
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America : PNAS
Volume106
Issue number15
Publication statusPublished - 14 Apr 2009
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Alignment, Organic semiconductors, Single crystals, Solution processing