Abstract
Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) has demonstrated outstanding performance as a charge transport layer or an electrode in various electronic devices, including organic solar cells, organic light-emitting diodes, and organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). The electrical properties of these devices are affected by the contact properties at the PEDOT:PSS-semiconductor junction. In this research, we performed work function (WF) engineering of electrohydrodynamic (EHD)-jet-printed PEDOT:PSS and successfully used it as an electrode to fabricate high-performance OFETs and complementary logic circuits. Two types of PEDOT:PSS materials-one with a high WF (HWF, 5.28 eV) and the other with a low WF (LWF, 4.53 eV)-were synthesized and EHD-jet-printed. The WF of PEDOT:PSS was deterministically modulated by approximately 0.75 eV through simple mixing of the two synthesized PEDOT:PSS materials in various ratios. OFETs fabricated with HWF and LWF PEDOT:PSS electrodes showed excellent electrical properties, including the ON/OFF switching ratio higher than 107 and the highest carrier mobility greater than 1 cm2·V-1·s-1. Furthermore, the HWF and LWF PEDOT:PSS electrodes were integrated to fabricate complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) NOT, NOR, and NAND circuits.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 17799-17805 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 Apr 15 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Creative Materials Discovery Program (NRF-2019M3D1A1078299) through the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2019R1A6A1A11055660), and the Technology Innovation Program (20002931) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE, Korea).
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© 2020 American Chemical Society.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Materials Science(all)