Low-voltage, High-performance Organic Field-Effect Transistors Based on 2D Crystalline Molecular Semiconductors

• Main Authors: Qijing Wang, Sai Jiang, Jun Qian, Lei Song, Lei Zhang, Yujia Zhang, Yuhan Zhang, Yu Wang, Xinran Wang, Yi Shi, Youdou Zheng, Yun Li
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
• Series: Scientific Reports
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08280-8
• ISSN: 2045-2322

Abstract Two dimensional (2D) molecular crystals have attracted considerable attention because of their promising potential in electrical device applications, such as high-performance field-effect transistors (FETs). However, such devices demand high voltages, thereby considerably increasing power consumption. This study demonstrates the fabrication of organic FETs based on 2D crystalline films as semiconducting channels. The application of high-κ oxide dielectrics allows the transistors run under a low operating voltage (−4 V). The devices exhibited a high electrical performance with a carrier mobility up to 9.8 cm2 V−1 s−1. Further results show that the AlOx layer is beneficial to the charge transport at the conducting channels of FETs. Thus, the device strategy presented in this work is favorable for 2D molecular crystal-based transistors that can operate under low voltages.