Solution-Processed Organic Complementary Inverters Based on TIPS-Pentacene and PDI8-CN2

Abstract

Organic complementary inverter is one of the key building blocks of some organic circuits, and the electrical performance and manufacture technique of inverter may determine its applications prospect. Through solution method, the organic complementary inverters were demonstrated based on triisopropylsilylethynyl-pentacene and N,N’-dioctyl-1,7-dicyano-perylene-(3,4:9,10)-tetracarboxylic diimide, which exhibited low operation voltage (4–10 V), high gain (12–27), large noise margin (>60% of 1/ $2V_{\mathrm {dd}})$ , low static power dissipation (tens of nanowatts), and a propagation delay time of $\sim 0.42$ ms. The solution processibility and overall performance of the inverter are highly promising for the applications in organic circuits.