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ISSN : 1225-0112(Print)
ISSN : 2288-4505(Online)
Applied Chemistry for Engineering Vol.36 No.1 pp.36-42
DOI : https://doi.org/10.14478/ace.2024.1084

Fabrication of High-performance Organic Internal Gated Transistor Using Screen Printing Technique

Gyu Won Woo, Eun Kwang Lee
Department of Chemical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea

Abstract

The device fabricated in this study was an internal ion-gated organic electrochemical transistors (IGTs) using screen printing technology on a flexible polyimide (PI) film substrate. This fabrication method is a cost-effective and simple method without existing deposition techniques or complicated processes. The conductive polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), commonly used as a channel material in organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs), was blended with D-sorbitol to enable a self-ion (de)doping mechanism within the channel, eliminating the requirement for an external electrolyte. The screen-printed IGT exhibited enhanced conductivity and performance compared to conventional OECTs. Analysis of the physical and chemical properties of PEDOT:PSS with D-sorbitol revealed a significant reduction in sheet resistance. The surface analysis further confirmed an enhancement in crystallinity. Electrical performance evaluation involved a comparative study with conventional OECTs. The IGT device demonstrated a 4 times increase in output curve characteristics at VGS = 1.6 V compared to OECTs. Additionally, the ION/IOFF ratio was 4.3 times higher for the IGT. Calculations of μC* to assess device mobility indicated a notable improvement, with values of 0.9578 F V-1 s-1 cm-1 for IGT compared to 0.6987 F V-1 s-1 cm-1 for OECTs. In time constant analysis, τOECT = 0.50 s and τIGT = 0.34 s indicate that IGTs have a faster response time.

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