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Printed thin film transistors with 108 on/off ratios and photoelectrical synergistic characteristics using isoindigo-based polymers-enriched (9,8) carbon nanotubes

Show Author's Information Wenjing Xu1,2,3,4,§,  Min Li2,3,§,  Masayoshi Tange5,  Liqiang Li6,  Juncai Hou1,4( ),  Jun Ye7( ),  Li Wei8,  Yuan Chen8( ),  Jianwen Zhao2,3( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
Division of Nanodevices and Related Nanomaterials, Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, SEID, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China
School of Nano Technology and Nano Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Slag Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Technology, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 3058565, Japan
Advanced Materials Division, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, SEID, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China
Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore 138632, Singapore
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia

§ Wenjing Xu and Min Li contributed equally to this work.

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Monochiral single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can enable high-performance carbon-based electronic devices and integrated circuits. However, their fabrication often requires complex SWCNT purification and enrichment. Herein, we showed that isoindigo-based polymer derivatives (PDPPIID and PFIID) directly enriched (9,8) nanotubes from as-synthesized SWCNT powders selectively and efficiently to yield high concentration (9,8) nanotube inks. The selective wrapping mechanism was elucidated by classical full-atomistic molecular dynamic (MD) simulations. Thin-film transistors (TFTs) were fabricated by depositing the SWCNT ink into device channels using aerosol jet printing. TFT performance was strongly influenced by polymer residues, the deposition condition (humidity), and ink concentration. Optimized TFTs showed excellent device-to-device uniformity with 108 on/off ratios. Further, optoelectronic transistors were fabricated, and their photoelectrical neuromorphic characteristics, storage, memory, and logic functions were characterized under the pulsed light and voltage stimulations, demonstrating excellent application potentials.


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Printed thin film transistors with 108 on/off ratios and photoelectrical synergistic characteristics using isoindigo-based polymers-enriched (9,8) carbon nanotubes

Show Author's information Wenjing Xu1,2,3,4,§, Min Li2,3,§, Masayoshi Tange5, Liqiang Li6, Juncai Hou1,4( ), Jun Ye7( ), Li Wei8, Yuan Chen8( ), Jianwen Zhao2,3( )
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
Division of Nanodevices and Related Nanomaterials, Printable Electronics Research Centre, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, SEID, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China
School of Nano Technology and Nano Bionics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Slag Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Technology, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723001, China
Nanomaterials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 3058565, Japan
Advanced Materials Division, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 398 Ruoshui Road, SEID, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, China
Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore 138632, Singapore
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia

§ Wenjing Xu and Min Li contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

Monochiral single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) can enable high-performance carbon-based electronic devices and integrated circuits. However, their fabrication often requires complex SWCNT purification and enrichment. Herein, we showed that isoindigo-based polymer derivatives (PDPPIID and PFIID) directly enriched (9,8) nanotubes from as-synthesized SWCNT powders selectively and efficiently to yield high concentration (9,8) nanotube inks. The selective wrapping mechanism was elucidated by classical full-atomistic molecular dynamic (MD) simulations. Thin-film transistors (TFTs) were fabricated by depositing the SWCNT ink into device channels using aerosol jet printing. TFT performance was strongly influenced by polymer residues, the deposition condition (humidity), and ink concentration. Optimized TFTs showed excellent device-to-device uniformity with 108 on/off ratios. Further, optoelectronic transistors were fabricated, and their photoelectrical neuromorphic characteristics, storage, memory, and logic functions were characterized under the pulsed light and voltage stimulations, demonstrating excellent application potentials.

Keywords: molecular dynamic simulation, monochiral carbon nanotube, polymer wrapping, printed thin-film transistor, photoelectrical synergistic

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Received: 01 December 2021
Revised: 23 January 2022
Accepted: 17 February 2022
Published: 08 April 2022
Issue date: April 2022

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Acknowledgements

This work (except M. T., J. Y., L. W., and Y. C.) was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2020YFA0714700), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61874132), Key Research Program of Frontier Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. QYZDB-SSW-SLH031), the Shaanxi Province Natural Science Foundation (No. 2017JM5063), Cooperation Project of Vacuum Interconnect Nano X Research Facility (No. NANO-X) of Suzhou nanotechnology and Nano-Bionics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. E20045) and China scholarship fund (No. 201708615046). Y. C. acknowledges the Australian Research Council under the Future Fellowships scheme (No. FT160100107). M. T. thanks Prof. T. Okazaki (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) for experimental help.

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