Single-displacement controlled spontaneous electrolysis towards CuTCNQ microribbon electrodes in organic single-crystal transistors.

Abstract

Using single-displacement controlled spontaneous electrolysis solution-prepared CuTCNQ microribbons as the source/drain electrodes, we have fabricated 9,10-bis(2-phenylethynyl)anthracene (BEPA) based organic single crystal top-contact field-effect transistors. The interfacial energetic match between organic semiconductors and CuTCNQ electrodes with the low contact resistance accounts for the compelling improvement in electrical characteristics relative to the copper electrode, even comparable to gold counterparts. Furthermore, we have estimated the contact resistance of single-crystal transistors by the transfer line method (TLM).