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Hindawi, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, (2014), p. 1-10, 2014

DOI: 10.1155/2014/878064

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Percolation of Carbon Nanoparticles in Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Enhancing Carrier Mobility in Organic Thin Film Transistors

Journal article published in 2014 by Chang-Hung Lee ORCID, Chun-Hao Hsu, Iu-Ren Chen, Wen-Jong Wu ORCID, Chih-Ting Lin ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

To improve the field-effect mobility of all-inkjet-printed organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), a composite material consisted of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) was reported by using homemade inkjet-printing system. These all-inkjet-printed composite OTFTs represented superior characteristics compared to the all-inkjet-printed pristine P3HT OTFTs. To investigate the enhancement mechanism of the blended materials, the percolation model was established and experimentally verified to illustrate the enhancement of the electrical properties with different blending concentrations. In addition, experimental results of OTFT contact resistances showed that both contact resistance and channel resistance were halved. At the same time, X-ray diffraction measurements, Fourier transform infrared spectra, ultraviolet-visible light, and photoluminescence spectra were also accomplished to clarify the material blending effects. Therefore, this study demonstrates the potential and guideline of carbon-based nanocomposite materials in all-inkjet-printed organic electronics.