Polymer-sorted (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes for solution-processed low-voltage flexible microelectronics
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Author(s)
Bottacchi, F
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We report on low operating voltage transistors based on polymer-sorted semiconducting (6,5) single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) networks processed from solution at room temperature. The (6,5) SWNTs were separated from the as-received carbon nanotubes mixture using a polyfluorene-based derivative as the sorting and dispersing polymer agent. As-prepared devices exhibit primarily p-type behavior with channel current on/off ratio >103 and hole mobility ≈2 cm2 V−1 s−1. These transistor characteristics enable realization of low-voltage unipolar inverters with wide noise margins and high signal gain (>5). Polymer/(6,5) SWNT transistors were also fabricated on free-standing polyimide foils. The devices exhibit even higher hole mobility (≈8 cm2 V−1 s−1) and on/off ratios (>104) while remaining fully functional when bent to a radius of 4 mm.
Date Issued
2015-05-13
Date Acceptance
2015-04-28
Citation
Applied Physics Letters, 2015, 106
ISSN
0003-6951
Publisher
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Journal / Book Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
106
Copyright Statement
© 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in (citation of article) and may be found at http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/106/19/10.1063/1.4921078
Identifier
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/106/19/10.1063/1.4921078
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Applied
Physics
Field-effect transistors
Thin-film transistors
Selective dispersion
Networks
Applied Physics
Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
193302