Structural changes in vapour-assembled n-octylphosphonic acid monolayer with post-deposition annealing : correlation with bias-induced transistor instability
Gleskova, Helena and Gupta, Swati and Sutta, Pavol (2013) Structural changes in vapour-assembled n-octylphosphonic acid monolayer with post-deposition annealing : correlation with bias-induced transistor instability. Organic Electronics, 14 (11). pp. 3000-3006. ISSN 1566-1199 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2013.08.025)
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Abstract
We report on the link between the structure of n-octylphosphonic acid (C8PA) monolayer implemented in low-voltage organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) based on aluminium oxide/C8PA/pentacene and the kinetics of the transistor bias-induced degradation. Structural changes in the vapour-deposited C8PA monolayer, studied by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, are induced by annealing. Changes in the threshold voltage, subthreshold slope, field-effect mobility, and the transistor on-current are measured as functions of the bias stress time and fitted with stretched exponential functions. The presence of C8PA molecules physisorbed to the monolayer and/or the increased disorder between the aliphatic tails results in substantial degradation of the subthreshold slope and faster reduction in normalized mobility, while slowing the degradation of the threshold voltage. The removal of all physisorbed molecules and improved order between aliphatic tails achieved via optimized post-deposition annealing leads to an improved, microscopically-less-varied interface between C8PA and pentacene. Consequently, the degradation of the subthreshold slope becomes negligible, the reduction in normalized mobility becomes smaller and the degradation of the threshold voltage dominates. The equilibrium value of the normalized on-current after prolonged bias stress is ~ 0.16 regardless of the disorder in C8PA monolayer, indicating that even though the structure of the monolayer affects the kinetics of the transistor degradation process, the same bias stress condition ultimately leads to the same relative drop in the on-current.
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Gleskova, Helena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-9639, Gupta, Swati and Sutta, Pavol;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 45031 Dates: DateEvent1 November 2013Published13 September 2013Published OnlineSubjects: Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Department: Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 01 Oct 2013 12:59 Last modified: 22 Sep 2024 00:45 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/45031