一种可溶和稳定的有机半导体,具有很高的电子流动性
1Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies, New Jersey 07974, USA. hek@lucent.com
Nature
|April 13, 2000
概括
研究人员开发了一种新的有机n型半导体,用于溶液造晶体管. 这一突破使得能够创建低功耗,高速的互补电路,只使用溶液处理的层.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 有机电子 有机电子
- 半导体物理 半导体物理
背景情况:
- 有机半导体与无机材料相比,具有较低的成本和灵活性等优势.
- 互补电路对于低功耗电子设备至关重要,需要n型和p型半导体.
- 开发稳定,高性能有机n型半导体仍然是一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了设计一种新的有机n型半导体材料.
- 制造和描述溶液造的n通道场效应晶体管 (FET).
- 为了展示一个完全解决方案处理的互补逆变器电路.
主要方法:
- 一个纳乙烯四碳酸二胺衍生物的晶体工程.
- 使用溶液造技术制造n通道FET.
- 整合n通道FET与溶液沉积的p通道FET,形成逆变器电路.
主要成果:
- 在环境条件下为溶液造的n通道FET实现了有前途的性能.
- 演示了一个功能互补的逆变器电路,完全由溶液沉积的活性层.
- 与以前的有机n型半导体相比,工程材料表现出更好的电子流动性和稳定性.
结论:
- 开发的纳甲四碳酸二胺衍生物是高性能有机n型半导体的可行候选者.
- 这项工作为完全解决方案处理,灵活,低功耗电子电路铺平了道路.
- 该方法可扩展到其他互补电路设计,推进有机电子.
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