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Low-Voltage Operation of Ink-Jet-Printed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Transistors

Haruya Okimoto, Taishi Takenobu, Kazuhiro Yanagi^1,2, Hizekazu Shimotani, Yasumitsu Miyata¹, Hiromichi Kataura^1,2, and Yoshihiro Iwasa

(Received July 24, 2009; revised August 18, 2009; accepted August 24, 2009; published online February 22, 2010)

We demonstrate a low-voltage and less hysteresis operation of single-walled carbon nanotube thin film transistors (SWCNT-TFTs) using an ionic liquid gate dielectric layer. We fabricated the density controlled SWCNT-TFTs using the inkjet printing technique, where both source/drain electrodes and the semiconducting transistor channel were made from SWCNT films. As the gate dielectric, we have adopted a printable ionic liquid for future all-printable processes and achieved marked improvements in operating voltages and hysteretic response.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/49/02BD09/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.49.02BD09

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