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Chin. Phys. B, 2011, Vol. 20(8): 087306    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/20/8/087306
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Top contact organic field effect transistors fabricated using a photolithographic process

Wang Hong(王宏)a)b),Ji Zhuo-Yu(姬濯宇)b), Shang Li-Wei(商立伟)b), Liu Xing-Hua(刘兴华)b),Peng Ying-Quan(彭应全)a),and Liu Ming(刘明)b)
a Institute of Microelectronics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; b Laboratory of Nano-Fabrication and Novel Devices Integrated Technology, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Abstract  This paper proposes an effective method of fabricating top contact organic field effect transistors by using a photolithographic process. The semiconductor layer is protected by a passivation layer. Through photolithographic and etching processes, parts of the passivation layer are etched off to form source/drain electrode patterns. Combined with conventional evaporation and lift-off techniques, organic field effect transistors with a top contact are fabricated successfully, whose properties are comparable to those prepared with the shadow mask method and one order of magnitude higher than the bottom contact devices fabricated by using a photolithographic process.
Keywords:  organic field effect transistors      top contact      photolithographic  
Received:  25 October 2010      Revised:  08 March 2011      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  73.40.Cg (Contact resistance, contact potential)  
  73.61.Ph (Polymers; organic compounds)  
  85.30.Tv (Field effect devices)  
  85.65.+h (Molecular electronic devices)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011CB808404 and 2009CB939703) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10974074, 90607022, 60676001, 60676008, and 60825403).

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Wang Hong(王宏), Ji Zhuo-Yu(姬濯宇), Shang Li-Wei(商立伟), Liu Xing-Hua(刘兴华), Peng Ying-Quan(彭应全), and Liu Ming(刘明) Top contact organic field effect transistors fabricated using a photolithographic process 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 087306

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