Abstract
Organic semiconductor (OSC) materials are seen as a potential replacement for amorphous silicon in future display applications. State-of-the-art small-molecule OSC materials, when incorporated into a transistor, obtain performance on par or superior to transistors using amorphous silicon. Higher performance coupled with the potential for low-cost fabrication make small-molecule OSC materials extremely promising and the focus of research organizations worldwide. This chapter provides an overview of p-type and n-type materials available, then addresses the impact of processing conditions on transistor performance, and finally concludes with an overview of state-of-the-art materials.
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Abbreviations
- DFCO-4T:
-
Phenacyl Quaterthiophene
- DiF-TES-ADT:
-
Bis(triethylsilylethynyldifluoro)anthradithiophene
- DT-TTF:
-
Dithiophene Tetrathiafulvalene
- HMDS:
-
Hexamethyldisilazane
- P3HT:
-
Poly(3-hexylthiophene)
- PCBM:
-
Phenyl-C61-Butyric Acid Methyl Ester
- PFBT:
-
Pentafluorobenzenethiol
- PVP:
-
Poly(4-vinylphenol)
- SAM:
-
Self-assembled Monolayer
- TES-ADT:
-
Bis(triethylsilylethynyl)anthradithiophene
- TIPS Pentacene:
-
Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene
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Redinger, D., Payne, M. (2012). Organic TFTs: Solution-Processable Small-Molecule Semiconductors. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_50
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