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Jianfeng Fan, Xiaoman Cheng, Xiao Bai, Lingcheng Zheng, Jing Jiang, Feng Wu. Performance enhancement of pentacene-based organic field-effect transistor by inserting a WO3 buffer layer[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2014, 35(6): 064004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/6/064004
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J F Fan, X M Cheng, X Bai, L C Zheng, J Jiang, F Wu. Performance enhancement of pentacene-based organic field-effect transistor by inserting a WO3 buffer layer[J]. J. Semicond., 2014, 35(6): 064004. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/6/064004.
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Performance enhancement of pentacene-based organic field-effect transistor by inserting a WO3 buffer layer
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/35/6/064004
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Abstract
The pentacene-based organic field effect transistor (OFET) with a thin transition metal oxide (WO3) layer between pentacene and metal (Al) source/drain electrodes was fabricated. Compared with conventional OFET with only metal Al source/drain electrodes, the introduction of the WO3 buffer layer leads to the device performance enhancement. The effective field-effect mobility and threshold voltage are improved to 1.90 cm2/(V·s) and 13 V, respectively. The performance improvements are attributed to the decrease of the interface energy barrier and the contact resistance. The results indicate that it is an effective approach to improve the OFET performance by using a WO3 buffer layer. -
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