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Electrolyte-Gate a-Si:H Thin Film Transistors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Dina I. Gonçalves ,
Duarte M. Prazeres ,
Virginia Chu  and
João P. Conde
Dina I. Gonçalves
Affiliation:
INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC-MN), Lisbon, Portugal Center of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Duarte M. Prazeres
Affiliation:
Center of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Virginia Chu
Affiliation:
INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC-MN), Lisbon, Portugal
João P. Conde
Affiliation:
INESC Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC-MN), Lisbon, Portugal Department of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
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Abstract

This paper presents the fabrication and characterization of electrolyte-gate (EG) hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin film transistors (TFTs). In these devices, the metal gate is replaced by a Pt electrode immersed in an electrolyte. The source-drain current of these devices is modulated by the voltage applied through the Pt electrode. Device characteristics are compared with structurally equivalent top-gate a-Si:H TFTs. The EG devices show higher mobility and smaller subthreshold slope than their counterparts with metal gate and work in a narrower voltage range. EG-TFTs show chemical sensitivity, illustrated by a voltage shift in the transfer curve as a consequence of pH variation. The sensitivity of the devices to pH is different depending on whether the top layer in contact with the electrolyte is SiO2 or SiNx.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 862: Symposium A – Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Silicon Science and Technology–2005 , 2005 , A17.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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