Abstract
Although donor (D)-acceptor (A) conjugated copolymers possess an electron deficient unit, most D-A copolymers exhibit only hole transport properties (p-type). While there are some D-A copolymers that show ambipolarity, n-type behaviour is highly dependent on the type of acceptor used. In this work, ambipolar field-effect behaviour was derived from general D-A conjugated copolymers, believed to be a typical p-type material, by introducing a functional passivation layer between gate dielectric and active layers using polypropylene-co-1-butene (PPcB). The PPcB layer effectively covered the hydroxyl groups and induced a reduction in the energetic disorder at the semiconductor-insulator interface. As a result, the FET devices fabricated using D-A conjugated copolymers, such as PCDTBT, PTBT and Si-PCPDTBT, showed clear ambipolar properties.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 21238-21241 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 39 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 21 Oct 2012 |