Transparent flexible organic thin-film transistors that use printed single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes

Qing Cao; Zheng Tao Zhu; Maxime G. Lemaitre; Ming Gang Xia; Moonsub Shim; John A. Rogers

doi:10.1063/1.2181190

Transparent flexible organic thin-film transistors that use printed single-walled carbon nanotube electrodes

Qing Cao, Zheng Tao Zhu, Maxime G. Lemaitre, Ming Gang Xia, Moonsub Shim, John A. Rogers

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Electrodes based on printed networks of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are integrated with ultrathin layers of the organic semiconductor pentacene to produce bendable, transparent thin-film transistors on plastic substrates. The physical and structural properties of the SWNTs lead to the remarkably good electrical contacts with the pentacene. Optical transmittances of ∼70%, device mobilities >0.5 cm² V^-1 s ^-1, ON/OFF ratios >10⁵ and tensile strains as large as 1.8% are achieved in devices of this type. These characteristics indicate promise for applications in power conserving flexible display systems and other devices.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	113511
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	88
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2181190
State	Published - 2006

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