Abstract
We analyze the influence of three combined effects on the contact resistance in organic- based thin film transistors: a) the active layer thickness, b) device architecture and c) semiconductor degradation. Transfer characteristics and parasitic series resistance were analyzed in devices with three different active layer thicknesses (50, 100 and 150 nm) using top contact (TC) and bottom contact (BC) thin film transistor (TFT) configurations. In both configurations, the lowest contact resistance (2.49 × 106 ?) and the highest field-effect mobility (4.8 × 10-2 cm2/V·s) was presented in devices with the thicker pentacene film. Top contact thin film transistors presented field-effect mobility values one order of magnitude higher (4.8 × 10-2 cm2/V·s) than bottom contact ones (1 × 10-3 cm2/V·s). Threshold voltage for top-contact thin film transistors was -3.1 V. After 2 months, performance in the devices degraded and presented an increase of one order of magnitude (105 - 106 ?) for BC-TFTs and two orders of magnitude (106 - 108 ?) for TC-TFTs in contact resistance.
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