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American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 8(88), p. 082102

DOI: 10.1063/1.2177642

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Solvent effect of inkjet printed source/drain electrodes on electrical properties of polymer thin-film transistors

Journal article published in 2006 by Jung Ah Lim, Jeong Ho Cho, Yeong Don Park ORCID, Do Hwan Kim, Minkyu Hwang, Kilwon Cho
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Abstract

We show that the electrical properties of polymer thin-film transistors (PTFTs) can be enhanced by controlling the solvent properties of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS) solution used as the inkjet-printed source and drain electrodes. Specifically, addition of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) into the PEDOT/PSS solution increased the conductivity of the inkjet-printed PEDOT electrodes and remarkably reduced the contact resistance of the electrodes. The lower contact resistance of the DMSO-treated PEDOT electrode compared to the corresponding electrode without DMSO treatment may be due to enhanced interfacial stability at the contact between the printed PEDOT electrodes and the semiconductor layers.