Abstract
The effect of annealing treatment on the device performance of carbon nanotube thin film transistors (CNT-TFTs) have been investigated systematically. The optimized annealing temperature has been found out from the tradeoff between source-drain total resistance and on-off current ratio, resulting in high-performance CNT-TFTs with a typical I on /I off larger than 106, a subthreshold swing as low as 140 mV/dec and a threshold voltage of −0.2 V. When the annealing temperature increased from 300 °C to 400 °C, the device mobility reached 9.7 cm2/vs while I on /I off decreased to 105. After annealing of 450 °C or above, the off current increased abruptly due to the appearance of metallic nanotube pathways, which can be improved by the electrical breakdown.
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