Graphitic Carbon Nitride/Polyvinylpyrrolidone Composite Dielectric for Low-Voltage Flexible InZnO Thin Film Transistor Grown on a Polyethylene Terephthalate Substrate

Abstract

The aqueous-solution-processed graphitic carbon nitride/polyvinylpyrrolidone (C <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> N <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">4</sub> /PVP) composite dielectric membrane exhibits a large specific gate electric-double-layer capacitance of 2.06 μF/cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> at 20 Hz. The indium zinc oxide (IZO) thin film transistor (TFT) fabricated on the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate exhibits good electrical properties and high stability by using composite dielectric as gate dielectric. Flexible IZO-TFT has a low threshold voltage of 0.18 V, a large field effect mobility of 71.1 cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> V <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-1</sup> s <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-1</sup> , and a low subthreshold swing of 129 mV/decade. Moreover, it exhibits good stability at different bending radii and bending times. Finally, an inverter with a maximum voltage gain of 4.2 is obtained on basis of the flexible IZO TFT when V <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">DD</sub> = 1 V. These flexible oxide-based TFTs obtained using C <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> N <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">4</sub> /PVP can be potentially applied in portable electronics with low power consumption.