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Zheng S, Lv S, Wang C, Li Z, Dong L, Xin Q, Song A, Zhang J, Li Y. Post-annealing effect of low temperature atomic layer deposited Al 2O 3on the top gate IGZO TFT. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 35:155203. [PMID: 38198735 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad1d16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
Abstract
Electronical properties of top gate amorphous InGaZnO4thin film transistors (TFTs) could be controlled by post-annealing treatment, which has a great impact on the Al2O3insulator. To investigate the effect of post-annealing on Al2O3, Al/Al2O3/p-Si MOS capacitoras with Al2O3films treated under various post-deposition annealing (PDA) temperature were employed to analysis the change of electrical properties, surface morphology, and chemical components by electrical voltage scanning, atomic force microscope (AFM), and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) technologies. After PDA treatment, the top gate TFTs had a mobility about 7 cm2V-1s-1and the minimum subthreshold swing (SS) about 0.11 V/dec, and the threshold voltage (Vth) shifted from positive direction to negative direction as the post-annealing temperature increased. Electrical properties of MOS capacitors revealed the existence of positive fixed charges and the variation of trap state density with increasing PDA temperature, and further explained the change of negative bias stress (NBS) stability in TFT. AFM results clarified the increased leakage current, degraded SS, and NBS stability in MOS capacitors and TFTs, respectively. XPS results not only illuminated the origin of fixed charges and the trap density variation with PDA temperatures of Al2O3films, but also showed the O and H diffusion from Al2O3into IGZO during post-annealing process, which led to the deviation ofVth, the change of current density, and the negativeVthshift after positive bias stress in TFTs.
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- Shuaiying Zheng
- Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, and School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, and School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, and School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, and School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, and School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, and School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, and School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of China
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, and School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of China
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- Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, and School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong University, Jinan 250101, People's Republic of China
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Oh MJ, Son GC, Kim M, Jeon J, Kim YH, Son M. An Aqueous Process for Preparing Flexible Transparent Electrodes Using Non-Oxidized Graphene/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Solution. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2249. [PMID: 37570566 PMCID: PMC10421273 DOI: 10.3390/nano13152249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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In this study, we prepared flexible and transparent hybrid electrodes based on an aqueous solution of non-oxidized graphene and single-walled carbon nanotubes. We used a simple halogen intercalation method to obtain high-quality graphene flakes without a redox process and prepared hybrid films using aqueous solutions of graphene, single-walled carbon nanotubes, and sodium dodecyl sulfate surfactant. The hybrid films showed excellent electrode properties, such as an optical transmittance of ≥90%, a sheet resistance of ~3.5 kΩ/sq., a flexibility of up to ε = 3.6% ((R) = 1.4 mm), and a high mechanical stability, even after 103 bending cycles at ε = 2.0% ((R) = 2.5 mm). Using the hybrid electrodes, thin-film transistors (TFTs) were fabricated, which exhibited an electron mobility of ~6.7 cm2 V-1 s-1, a current on-off ratio of ~1.04 × 107, and a subthreshold voltage of ~0.122 V/decade. These electrical properties are comparable with those of TFTs fabricated using Al electrodes. This suggests the possibility of customizing flexible transparent electrodes within a carbon nanomaterial system.
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- Min Jae Oh
- Artificial Intelligence & Energy Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI), Gwangju 61007, Republic of Korea (J.J.)
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Artificial Intelligence & Energy Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI), Gwangju 61007, Republic of Korea (J.J.)
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- Artificial Intelligence & Energy Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI), Gwangju 61007, Republic of Korea (J.J.)
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- Artificial Intelligence & Energy Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI), Gwangju 61007, Republic of Korea (J.J.)
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- Artificial Intelligence & Energy Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI), Gwangju 61007, Republic of Korea (J.J.)
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Li ZY, Song SM, Wang WX, Gong JH, Tong Y, Dai MJ, Lin SS, Yang TL, Sun H. Effect of oxygen partial pressure on the performance of homojunction amorphous In-Ga-Zn-O thin-film transistors. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 34:025702. [PMID: 36219884 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac990f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In this study, the homojunction thin-film transistors (TFTs) with amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (a-IGZO) as active channel layers and source/drain electrodes were fabricated by RF magnetron sputtering. The effect of oxygen partial pressure on the phase, microstructure, optical and electrical properties of IGZO thin films was investigated. The results showed that amorphous IGZO thin films always exhibit a high transmittance above 90% and wide band gaps of around 3.9 eV. The resistivity increases as the IGZO thin films are deposited at a higher oxygen partial pressure due to the depletion of oxygen vacancies. In addition, the electrical behaviors in homojunction IGZO TFTs were analyzed. When the active channel layers were deposited with an oxygen partial pressure of 1.96%, the homojunction IGZO TFTs exhibited optimal transfer and output characteristics with a field-effect mobility of 13.68 cm2V-1s-1. Its sub-threshold swing, threshold voltage and on/off ratio are 0.6 V/decade, 0.61 V and 107, respectively.
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- Zhi-Yue Li
- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, People's Republic of China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mechanical, Electrical and Information Engineering, Shandong University, Weihai 264200, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mechanical, Electrical and Information Engineering, Shandong University, Weihai 264200, People's Republic of China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Institute of New Materials, 363 Changxing Road, Guangzhou 510651, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Institute of New Materials, 363 Changxing Road, Guangzhou 510651, People's Republic of China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, People's Republic of China
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- School of Space Science and Physics, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, People's Republic of China
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Kim GI, Jung J, Min WK, Kim MS, Jung S, Choi DH, Chung J, Kim HJ. Mechanically Durable Organic/High- k Inorganic Hybrid Gate Dielectrics Enabled by Plasma-Polymerization of PTFE for Flexible Electronics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:28085-28096. [PMID: 35680562 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c04340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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To achieve both the synergistic advantages of outstanding flexibility in organic dielectrics and remarkable dielectric/insulating properties in inorganic dielectrics, a plasma-polymerized hafnium oxide (HfOx) hybrid (PPH-hybrid) dielectric is proposed. Using a radio-frequency magnetron cosputtering process, the high-k HfOx dielectric is plasma-polymerized with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), which is a flexible, thermally stable, and hydrophobic fluoropolymer dielectric. The PPH-hybrid dielectric with a high dielectric constant of 14.17 exhibits excellent flexibility, maintaining a leakage current density of ∼10-8 A/cm2 even after repetitive bending stress (up to 10000 bending cycles with a radius of 2 mm), whereas the HfOx dielectric degrades to be leaky. To evaluate its practical applicability to flexible thin-film transistors (TFTs), the PPH-hybrid dielectric is applied to amorphous indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO) TFTs as a gate dielectric. Consequently, the PPH-hybrid dielectric-based IGZO TFTs exhibit stable electrical performance under the same harsh bending cycles: a field-effect mobility of 16.99 cm2/(V s), an on/off current ratio of 1.15 × 108, a subthreshold swing of 0.35 V/dec, and a threshold voltage of 0.96 V (averaged in nine devices). Moreover, the PPH-hybrid dielectric-based IGZO TFTs exhibit a reduced I-V hysteresis and an enhanced positive bias stress stability, with the threshold voltage shift decreasing from 4.99 to 1.74 V, due to fluorine incorporation. These results demonstrate that PTFE improves both the mechanical durability and electrical stability, indicating that the PPH-hybrid dielectric is a promising candidate for high-performance and low-power flexible electronics.
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- Gwan In Kim
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
- Display R&D Center, Samsung Display Co., Ltd., 181 Samsung-ro, Tangjeong-myeon, Asan-Si 31454, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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Casals-Terré J. Microfluidics and MEMS Technology for Membranes. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12060586. [PMID: 35736293 PMCID: PMC9231052 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12060586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Jasmina Casals-Terré
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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