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Metal oxide thin film transistor has been widely used in flat panel display industry because of its low leakage current, high mobility and large area uniformity. Besides, with the development of printed display technology, inkjet printing process can fabricate the customizable patterns on diverse substrates with no need of vacuum or lithography to be used, thus significantly reducing cost and receiving more and more attention. In this paper, we use inkjet printing technology to prepare a bottom gate bottom contact thin film transistor (TFT) by using indium-zinc-tin-oxide (IZTO) semiconductor. The surface morphology of the printed IZTO film is modified by adjusting the solvent composition and solute concentration of the printing precursor ink. The experimental result show that the use of binary solvents can effectively overcome the coffee ring shape caused by the accumulation of solute edge in the volatilization process of a single solvent, ultimately presenting a uniform and flat contour surface. Further increase in solute concentration is in favor of formation of convex surface topology. The reason for the formation of the flat surface of the oxide film is the balance between the inward Marangoni reflux of the solute and the outward capillary flow during volatilization. In addition, IZTO thin film transistor printed with binary solvents exhibits excellent electrical properties. The ratio of width/length = 50/30 exhibits a high on-off ratio of 1.21×109, a high saturation field-effect mobility is 16.6 cm2/(V·s), a low threshold voltage is 0.84 V, and subthreshold swing is 0.24 V/dec. The uniform and flat active layer thin film pattern can form good contact with the source leakage electrode, and the contact resistances of TFT devices with different width-to-length ratios are less than 1000 Ω, which can reach the basic conditions of high mobility thin film transistors prepared by inkjet printing. Therefore, using solvent mixture provides a universal and simple way to print oxide films with required surface topology, and present a visible path for inkjet printing of high-mobility thin film transistors.
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Jing B, Xu M, Peng C, Chen L L, Zhang J H, Li X F 2022 Acta Phys. Sin. 71 138502Google Scholar
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Lin Y L, Chen S T, Wu Y B, Lan L F, Peng J B A 2021 Chin. J. Liq. Cryst. Disp. 36 1239Google Scholar
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表 1 不同浓度、溶剂下对应的IZTO墨水的物理参数
Table 1. Structural parameters of IZTO ink of different concentration and solvents.
IZTO墨水样品 ρ/(g·cm–3) η/cP γ/(mN·m–1) Z c = 0.2 mol/L,
2-MOE1.04 4.05 34.4 6.59 c = 0.2 mol/L,
2-MOE+EG1.07 6.90 38.1 4.14 c = 0.4 mol/L,
2-MOE+EG1.10 8.44 39.1 3.48 表 2 喷墨打印法制备TFT器件的性能对比
Table 2. Performance comparison of TFT devices prepared by inkjet printing method.
表 3 喷墨打印IZTO TFT的电性能参数平均值
Table 3. Average electrical performance parameters of inkjet printed IZTO TFT.
μ/(cm2·V–1·s–1) VTH/V S.S/(mV·dec–1) Average value 11 ± 2 0.6 ± 0.15 90 ± 15 表 4 不同沟道宽长比的IZTO为有源层TFT器件性能对比
Table 4. Structural parameters of IZTO TFT devices with different aspect ratios.
W/L μsat/
(cm2·V–1·s–1)VTH/
VS.S/(V·dec–1) Ion/Ioff 50/30 16.6 0.84 0.24 1.21×109 50/20 14.9 0.73 0.15 2.79×109 50/10 11.5 0.57 0.10 3.74×109 -
[1] 荆斌, 徐萌, 彭聪, 陈龙龙, 张建华, 李喜峰 2022 物理学报 71 138502Google Scholar
Jing B, Xu M, Peng C, Chen L L, Zhang J H, Li X F 2022 Acta Phys. Sin. 71 138502Google Scholar
[2] Chu S, Hollberg L, Bjorkholm J E, Bolot S, Fuchs P, Knobelspies S, Temel O, Sevilla G T, Gilshtein E, Andres C, Shorubalko I, Liu Y, Troester G, Tiwari A A N, Romanyuk Y E 2019 Adv. Electron. Mater. 5 1800843Google Scholar
[3] Song O, Rhee D, Kim J, Jeon Y, Mazánek V, Söll A, Kwon Y A, Cho J H, Kim Y H, Kang J, Sofer Z 2022 npj 2D Mater. Appl. 6 64Google Scholar
[4] Liang K, Li D W, Ren H H, Zhao M M, Wang H, Ding M F, Xu G W, Zhao X L, Long S B, Zhu S Y, Sheng P, Li W B, Lin X, Zhu B W 2021 Nano-Micro Lett. 13 164Google Scholar
[5] Kwon J, Baek S, Lee Y, Tokito S, Jung S 2021 Langmuir 37 10692Google Scholar
[6] Deegan R D, Bakajin O, Dupont T F, Huber G, Nagel S R, Witten T A 1997 Nature 389 827Google Scholar
[7] 兰林峰, 陈宝中, 彭俊彪, 曹镛 2021 高分子材料科学与工程 37 150Google Scholar
Lan L F, Chen B Z, Peng J B, Cao Y 2021 Polym. Mater. Sci. Eng. 37 150Google Scholar
[8] Li Y Z, Lan L F, Gao P, He P H, Dai X, Cao H, Liang L, Peng J B 2019 IEEE Electron Device Lett. 40 228Google Scholar
[9] Ryu S O, Ha C H, Jun H Y, Ryu S O 2020 J. Electron. Mater. 49 2003Google Scholar
[10] Gillan L, Li S, Lahtinen J, Chang C H, Alastalo A, Leppäniemi J 2021 Adv. Mater. Interfaces 8 2100728Google Scholar
[11] Matavz A, Ursic U, Mocivnik J, Richter D, Humar M, Copar S, Malic B, Bobnar V 2022 J. Colloid Interface Sci. 608 1718Google Scholar
[12] Sun D W, Chen C H, Zhang J, Wu X M, Chen H P, Guo T L 2018 Appl. Phys. Lett. 112 012102Google Scholar
[13] Zhu Z N, Zhang J H, Zhou Z W, Ning H L, Cai W, Wei J L, Zhou S X, Yao R H, Lu X B, Peng J B A 2019 ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11 5193Google Scholar
[14] Zhu Z N, Ning H L, Cai W, Wei J L, Zhou S X, Yao R H, Lu X B, Zhang J H, Zhou Z W, Peng J B A 2018 Langmuir 34 6413Google Scholar
[15] Still T, Yunker P J, Yodh A G 2012 Langmuir 28 4984Google Scholar
[16] Hu H L, Zhu J G, Chen M S, Guo T L, Li F S 2018 Appl. Surf. Sci. 441 295Google Scholar
[17] Zhong X, Duan F 2016 Eur. Phys. J. B 39 18Google Scholar
[18] Oh G, Jeong W, Jung N, Kang S H, Weon B M 2022 Phys. Rev. Appl. 17 024010Google Scholar
[19] Kim D, Jeong S, Park B K, Moon J 2006 Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 264101Google Scholar
[20] Kim M G, Kim H S, Ha Y G, He J Q, Kanatzidis M G, Facchetti A, Marks T J 2010 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132 10352Google Scholar
[21] 朱乐永, 高娅娜, 李喜峰, 张建华 2015 物理学报 64 168501Google Scholar
Zhu L Y, Gao Y N, Zhang J H, Li X F 2015 Acta Phys. Sin. 64 168501Google Scholar
[22] Choi S, Kim K T, Park S K, Kim Y H 2019 Materials 12 852Google Scholar
[23] Friederich A, Binder J R, Bauer W 2013 J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 96 2093Google Scholar
[24] Ishizuka H, Fukai J 2018 Exp. Fluids 59 4Google Scholar
[25] Li Y Z, He P H, Chen S T, Lan L F, Dai X Q, Peng J B 2019 ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11 28052Google Scholar
[26] Park J, Moon J 2006 Langmuir 22 3506Google Scholar
[27] Huang H, Hu H L, Zhu J G, Guo T L 2017 J. Electron. Mater. 46 4497Google Scholar
[28] 陶洪, 罗浩德, 宁洪龙, 姚日晖, 蔡炜, 郑喜凤, 汪洋, 王铂, 曹慧, 彭俊彪 2021 液晶与显示 36 663Google Scholar
Tao H, Luo H D, Ning H L, Yao R H, Cai W, Zheng X F, Wang Y, Wang B, Cao H, Peng, J B 2021 Chin. J. Liq. Cryst. Disp. 36 663Google Scholar
[29] Chen S T, Li Y Z, Lin Y L, He P H, Long T, Deng C H, Chen Z, Chen G S, Tao H, Lan L F, Peng J B 2020 Coatings 10 425Google Scholar
[30] Fan C L, Hsin T C, Yu X W, Lin Z C 2024 Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 172 1396Google Scholar
[31] Weber C, Oberberg M, Weber D, Bock C, Pham D V, Kunze U 2014 Adv. Mater. Interfaces 1 1400137Google Scholar
[32] 林奕龙, 陈思婷, 吴永波, 兰林锋, 彭俊彪 2021 液晶与显示 36 1239Google Scholar
Lin Y L, Chen S T, Wu Y B, Lan L F, Peng J B A 2021 Chin. J. Liq. Cryst. Disp. 36 1239Google Scholar
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