Suppression of excess oxygen for environmentally stable amorphous In-Si-O thin-film transistors

Autor:	Aikawa, Shinya, Mitoma, Nobuhiko, Kizu, Takio, Nabatame, Toshihide, Tsukagoshi, Kazuhito
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Zdroj:	Applied Physics Letters, 106, 192103 (2015)
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1063/1.4921054
Popis:	We discuss the environmental instability of amorphous indium oxide (InOx)-based thin-film transistors (TFTs) in terms of the excess oxygen in the semiconductor films. A comparison between amorphous InOx doped with low and high concentrations of oxygen binder (SiO2) showed that out-diffusion of oxygen molecules causes drastic changes in the film conductivity and TFT turn-on voltages. Incorporation of sufficient SiO2 could suppress fluctuations in excess oxygen because of the high oxygen bond-dissociation energy and low Gibbs free energy. Consequently, the TFT operation became rather stable. The results would be useful for the design of reliable oxide TFTs with stable electrical properties. Comment: 22 pages, 5 figures, Applied Physics Letters, in press
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.01628 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv