JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ink-Jet Printing of a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Transistor

Haruya OkimotoTaishi TakenobuKazuhiro YanagiYasumitsu MiyataHiromichi KatauraTakeshi AsanoYoshihiro Iwasa

Year: 2009 Journal:   Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Vol: 48 (6S)Pages: 06FF03-06FF03   Publisher: Institute of Physics

Abstract

Single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) thin-film transistors (TFTs) were fabricated using ink-jet printing. We printed both thick source–drain electrodes and thin active semiconducting films using N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF)-based SWCNT dispersion. Despite the presence of metallic SWCNTs, the device exhibited field-effect behavior, with an effective mobility of 2.99 cm2 V-1 s-1 and an on/off current ratio of up to 75. The method used in this study is promising for the fabrication of large-scale high-performance SWCNT-TFTs.

Keywords:
Carbon nanotube Materials science Thin-film transistor Fabrication Inkwell Nanotechnology Electrode Optoelectronics Dispersion (optics) Carbon nanotube field-effect transistor Transistor Thin film Field-effect transistor Composite material Voltage Electrical engineering Optics Layer (electronics) Chemistry

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Topics

Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Materials Chemistry
Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Biomedical Engineering
Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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