Photo-Patternable ZnO Thin Films Based on Cross-Linked Zinc Acrylate for Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Complementary Inverters
- Title
- Photo-Patternable ZnO Thin Films Based on Cross-Linked Zinc Acrylate for Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Complementary Inverters
- Author
- 장재영
- Keywords
- oxide thin-film transistors; complementary inverters; ZnO; low-voltage operation; zinc acrylate; solution process
- Issue Date
- 2016-03
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Citation
- ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, v. 8, NO 8, Page. 5499-5508
- Abstract
- Complementary inverters consisting of p-type organic and n-type metal oxide semiconductors have received considerable attention as key elements for realizing low-cost and large-area future electronics. Solution-processed ZnO thin-film transistors (TFTs) have great potential for use in hybrid complementary inverters as n-type load transistors because of the low cost of their fabrication process and natural abundance of active materials. The integration of a single ZnO TFT into an inverter requires the development of a simple patterning method as an alternative to conventional time-consuming and complicated photolithography techniques. In this study, we used a photocurable polymer precursor, zinc acrylate (or zinc diacrylate, ZDA), to conveniently fabricate photopatternable ZnO thin films for use as the active layers of n-type ZnO TFTs. UV-irradiated ZDA thin films became insoluble in developing solvent as the acrylate moiety photo-cross-linked; therefore, we were able to successfully photopattern solution-processed ZDA thin films using UV light. We studied the effects of addition of a tiny amount of indium dopant on the transistor characteristics of the photopatterned ZnO thin films and demonstrated low voltage operation of the ZnO TFTs within +/- 3 V by utilizing Al2O3/TiO2 laminate thin films or ion-gels as gate dielectrics. By combining the ZnO TFTs with p-type pentacene TFTs, we successfully fabricated organic/inorganic hybrid complementary inverters using solution -processed and photopatterned ZnO TFTs.
- URI
- http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.6b00259http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/37013
- ISSN
- 1944-8244
- DOI
- 10.1021/acsami.6b00259
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