Mechanically robust stretchable semiconductor metallization for skin-inspired organic transistors

Autor: Min Hyouk Kim, Min Woo Jeong, Jun Su Kim, Tae Uk Nam, Ngoc Thanh Phuong Vo, Lihua Jin, Tae Il Lee, Jin Young Oh
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Science Advances. 8
ISSN: 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade2988
Popis: Despite recent remarkable advances in stretchable organic thin-film field-effect transistors (OTFTs), the development of stretchable metallization remains a challenge. Here, we report a highly stretchable and robust metallization on an elastomeric semiconductor film based on metal-elastic semiconductor intermixing. We found that vaporized silver (Ag) atom with higher diffusivity than other noble metals (Au and Cu) forms a continuous intermixing layer during thermal evaporation, enabling highly stretchable metallization. The Ag metallization maintains a high conductivity (>10 4 S/cm) even under 100% strain and successfully preserves its conductivity without delamination even after 10,000 stretching cycles at 100% strain and several adhesive tape tests. Moreover, a native silver oxide layer formed on the intermixed Ag clusters facilitates efficient hole injection into the elastomeric semiconductor, which transcends previously reported stretchable source and drain electrodes for OTFTs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE