Abstract

We investigated the device characteristics of organic electrochemical transistors based on thin films of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with poly(styrene-sulfonate). We employed various channel thicknesses and two different electrolytes: the micelle forming surfactant cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and NaCl. The highest ON/OFF ratios were achieved at low film thicknesses using CTAB as the electrolyte. Cyclic voltammetry suggests that a redox reaction between oxygen dissolved in the electrolytes and PEDOT:PSS leads to low ON/OFF ratios when NaCl is used as the electrolyte. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy reveals that doping/dedoping of the channel becomes slower at high film thickness and in the presence of bulky ions.

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