On the Role of Contact Resistance and Electrode Modification in Organic Electrochemical Transistors.

contact resistance electrode modification morphology/organic semiconductors organic electrochemical transistors self-assembled monolayers

Journal

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
ISSN: 1521-4095
Titre abrégé: Adv Mater
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9885358

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Sep 2019
Historique:
received: 10 04 2019
revised: 23 06 2019
pubmed: 26 7 2019
medline: 26 7 2019
entrez: 26 7 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Contact resistance is renowned for its unfavorable impact on transistor performance. Despite its notoriety, the nature of contact resistance in organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) remains unclear. Here, by investigating the role of contact resistance in n-type OECTs, the first demonstration of source/drain-electrode surface modification for achieving state-of-the-art n-type OECTs is reported. Specifically, thiol-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), 4-methylbenzenethiol (MBT) and pentafluorobenzenethiol (PFBT), are used to investigate contact resistance in n-type accumulation-mode OECTs made from the hydrophilic copolymer P-90, where the deliberate functionalization of the gold source/drain electrodes decreases and increases the energetic mismatch at the electrode/semiconductor interface, respectively. Although MBT treatment is found to increase the transconductance three-fold, contact resistance is not found to be the dominant factor governing OECT performance. Additional morphology and surface energy investigations show that increased performance comes from SAM-enhanced source/drain electrode surface energy, which improves wetting, semiconductor/metal interface quality, and semiconductor morphology at the electrode and channel. Overall, contact resistance in n-type OECTs is investigated, whilst identifying source/drain electrode treatment as a useful device engineering strategy for achieving state of the art n-type OECTs.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31343087
doi: 10.1002/adma.201902291
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e1902291

Subventions

Organisme : King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Informations de copyright

© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

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Auteurs

Alexandra F Paterson (AF)

Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

Hendrik Faber (H)

Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST Solar Centre, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

Achilleas Savva (A)

Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

Georgios Nikiforidis (G)

Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

Murali Gedda (M)

Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST Solar Centre, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

Tania C Hidalgo (TC)

Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

Xingxing Chen (X)

Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST Solar Centre, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

Iain McCulloch (I)

Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST Solar Centre, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Chemistry and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.

Thomas D Anthopoulos (TD)

Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST Solar Centre, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

Sahika Inal (S)

Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.

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