Abstract
The electronic device industry has recently focused its attention towards the development of organic memory devices. This research highlights the development of organic memory devices by utilizing pentacene as a semiconductor and ferroelectric polymers, such as poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) [P(VDF-HFP)] and poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF-TrFE)], as a gate dielectric. 10 wt% solutions of P(VDF-HFP) and P(VDF-TrFE) were prepared individually and blended (50:50). The resultant solutions were coated on the gate electrode and subsequently annealed for 2 h at 90 °C. The fabricated field-effect transistors (FETs) were studied in terms of their hysteresis characteristics with particular emphasis on the memory window. The results show that the FETs fabricated using the P(VDF-HFP)/P(VDF-TrFE) blend have significantly improved memory characteristics. The enhancement in the memory characteristics is explained through the interface properties between the pentacene semiconductor and dielectric layers. This work provides a design of organic FETs with excellent memory characteristics using low-cost technology.
Acknowledgement
This research work was supported by Hallym University Research Fund, 2018 (HRF-201803-014).