Polymer Coating Enabled Carrier Modulation for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Network Inverters and Antiambipolar Transistors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Materials and Instruments
2.2. TFT Fabrication Process and Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Coating Polymers | p-Branch (Hole Transport) | n-Branch (Electron Transport) | ||||||
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µh a) [cm2/Vs] | VTh [V] | On/Off b) | Hysteresis c) [V] | µe a) [cm2/Vs] | VTe [V] | On/Off b) | Hysteresis c) [V] | |
Ctrl | 4.22 ± 0.28 | −4.85 ± 0.07 | 105.6 ± 0.1 | 0.62 ± 0.05 | 2.47 ± 0.10 | 5.24 ± 0.11 | 105.4 ± 0.1 | 0.26 ± 0.05 |
PS | 4.67 ± 0.22 | −4.56 ± 0.06 | 104.7 ± 0.1 | 0.16 ± 0.02 | 0.99 ± 0.12 | 5.15 ± 0.08 | 104.0 ± 0.1 | 0.05 ± 0.02 |
PVC | 7.63 ± 0.24 | −4.89 ± 0.06 | 104.6 ± 0.1 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 0.58 ± 0.08 | 5.78 ± 0.12 | 103.4 ± 0.1 | 0.08 ± 0.03 |
PMMA | 1.34 ± 0.29 | −6.07 ± 0.10 | 105.0 ± 0.1 | 0.46 ± 0.06 | 3.59 ± 0.12 | 3.31 ± 0.22 | 105.7 ± 0.1 | 0.20 ± 0.06 |
Formvar | 1.42 ± 0.22 | −5.15 ± 0.05 | 105.1 ± 0.1 | 0.32 ± 0.04 | 2.53 ± 0.07 | 4.82 ± 0.12 | 105.4 ± 0.1 | 0.11 ± 0.04 |
PVdF | 0.96 ± 0.23 | −5.82 ± 0.08 | 100.9 ± 0.1 | 0.24 ± 0.05 | 61.1 ± 0.22 | 1.26 ± 0.12 | 103.0 ± 0.1 | 0.05 ± 0.02 |
PAN | - | - | - | - | 96.7 ± 1.54 | −17.24 ± 1.35 | - | 0.36 ± 0.10 |
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Li, Z.; Ngai, J.H.L.; Ding, J. Polymer Coating Enabled Carrier Modulation for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Network Inverters and Antiambipolar Transistors. Nanomaterials 2024, 14, 1477. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14181477
Li Z, Ngai JHL, Ding J. Polymer Coating Enabled Carrier Modulation for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Network Inverters and Antiambipolar Transistors. Nanomaterials. 2024; 14(18):1477. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14181477
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Zhao, Jenner H. L. Ngai, and Jianfu Ding. 2024. "Polymer Coating Enabled Carrier Modulation for Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Network Inverters and Antiambipolar Transistors" Nanomaterials 14, no. 18: 1477. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14181477