Influence of the semiconductor oxidation potential on the operational stability of organic field-effect transistors

A. Sharma, S.G.J. Mathijssen, P.A. Bobbert, D.M. Leeuw, de

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Abstract

During prolonged application of a gate bias, organic field-effect transistors show a gradual shift of the threshold voltage towards the applied gate bias voltage. The shift follows a stretched-exponential time dependence governed by a relaxation time. Here, we show that a thermodynamic analysis reproduces the observed exponential dependence of the relaxation time on the oxidation potential of the semiconductor. The good fit with the experimental data validates the underlying assumptions. It demonstrates that this operational instability is a straightforward thermodynamically driven process that can only be eliminated by eliminating water from the transistor.
Original languageEnglish
Article number103302
Pages (from-to)103302-1/4
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume99
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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