Yu, Xiaojiang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT (ENGLISH) --- p.I / ABSTRACT (CHINESE) --- p.III / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.IV / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.V / Chapter 1. --- Overview of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction to OTFTs --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Basic mechanism of OTFTs --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Applications of OTFTs --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Driving of circuits for electronic papers and LCD --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Light-emitting OTFTs --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Sensing --- p.9 / Chapter 1.4 --- Several key issues --- p.9 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Mobilities of OTFTs --- p.9 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Performance of bottom-contact OTFTs --- p.10 / Chapter 1.4.3 --- Stability of OTFTs --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4.4 --- Performance of n-type organic semiconductors --- p.13 / Chapter 1.5 --- Why to study metallophthalocyanine-based OTFTs --- p.14 / Chapter 1.6 --- Objective of this thesis --- p.17 / References --- p.17 / Chapter 2. --- Experimental details for fabrication and characterization of OTFTs --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1 --- Purification of organic semiconductors --- p.22 / Chapter 2.2 --- Preparation of the gate dielectrics for OTFTs --- p.24 / Chapter 2.3 --- Deposition of organic thin films and gold source/drain electrodes --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4 --- Process flow for the fabrication of OTFTs --- p.27 / Chapter 2.5 --- Mobility measurement for the organic thin films --- p.28 / Chapter 2.6 --- Characterization of organic thin films --- p.31 / References --- p.31 / Chapter 3. --- Optimizing the growth of VOPc thin films for high-mobility OTFTs --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1 --- Experimental --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2 --- Results and discussion --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Growth of VOPc thin films on Si02 dielectric --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Growth of VOPc thin films on Ta205 and Al203/Si02 dielectrics --- p.41 / Chapter 3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.44 / References --- p.45 / Chapter 4. --- CuPc/CoPc and VOPc/CoPc p-type/p-type heterostructure OTFTs --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1 --- CuPc/CoPc OTFTs in sandwich configuration --- p.47 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Experimental --- p.47 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Results and discussion --- p.48 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Conclusion --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2 --- VOPc/CoPc OTFTs --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Experimental --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Results and discussion --- p.58 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Conclusion --- p.63 / References --- p.64 / Chapter 5. --- VOPc/F16CuPc p-type/n-type heterostructure OTFTs --- p.66 / Chapter 5.1 --- Unipolar VOPc/F16CuPc OTFTs --- p.67 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Experimental --- p.67 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Results and discussion --- p.69 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Conclusion --- p.73 / Chapter 5.2 --- VOPc/F16CuPc heterostructure for bottom-contact OTFTs --- p.74 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Experimental --- p.74 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Results and discussion --- p.74 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Conclusion --- p.77 / References --- p.77 / Chapter 6. --- Summary and future work --- p.80 / Summary --- p.80 / Future work --- p.81 / References --- p.83 / Appendix A: Capacitance-voltage (C-V) fitting for ITO/organic junction/AI devices --- p.85 / Appendix B: Can electric-filed influence the growth of organic thin films? --- p.89 / Appendix C: Micro-Raman study on organic thin films --- p.93 / Appendix D: Publications which contributed to this thesis --- p.97
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326135 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Contributors | Yu, Xiaojiang., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Electronic Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, viii, 98 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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