1. One-Volt Oxide Thin-Film Transistors on Paper Substrates Gated by $\hbox{SiO}_{2}$-Based Solid Electrolyte With Controllable Operation Modes
- Author
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Aixia Lu, Jia Sun, Qing Wan, and Jie Jiang
- Subjects
Thin-film transistor ,Chemistry ,Analytical chemistry ,Fast ion conductor ,Dielectric ,Electrolyte ,Microporous material ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Low voltage ,Capacitance ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Dielectric spectroscopy - Abstract
Microporous SiO2 can provide large electric-double-layer (EDL) capacitance and negligible leakage current, owing to lack of electron carrier and limited mobility of mobile ions. The impedance spectroscopy (ionic-conductivity-frequency and capacitance-voltage characteristics) and Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy of microporous SiO2 are characterized, which demonstrated that such dielectric is actually a solid-electrolyte dielectric. InGaZnO4 thin-film transistors (TFTs) on paper substrates gated by microporous-SiO2 solid electrolyte are fabricated at room temperature. The large EDL-specific capacitance (1.36 μF/ cm2) results in the paper TFTs operate at a battery-drivable low voltage of 1.0 V. Both depletion-mode (Vth = -0.45 V) and enhancement-mode (Vth = 0.25 V) operations are realized by rationally controlling the oxygen concentration in argon ambient during InGaZnO4 channel deposition. Electrical characteristics with an equivalent field-effect mobility of ~ 21 cm2/V·s, a current on/off ratio of greater than 105, and a subthreshold swing of ~ 80 mV/dec are demonstrated at low frequencies, which are promising for portable paper electronics.
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- 2010