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Solution-processed thin film transistors incorporating YSZ gate dielectrics processed at 400 °C

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Article number031109
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>31/03/2022
<mark>Journal</mark>APL Materials
Issue number3
Volume10
Number of pages8
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date14/03/22
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This work investigates a solution process for yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) thin film deposition involving the addition of yttria nanoparticles,at 400 ○C, in air. Different yttrium doping levels in the YSZ were studied and a wide range of optical, structural, surface, dielectric,and electronic transport properties were also investigated. An optimum yttrium doping level of 5% mol. resulted in the smoothest films(RRMS ∼ 0.5 nm), a wide bandgap (∼5.96 eV), a dielectric constant in excess of 26, and a leakage current of ∼0.3 nA cm−2 at 2 MV/cm. Thesolution-processed YSZ films were incorporated as gate dielectrics in thin films transistors with solution-processed In2O3 semiconductingchannels. Excellent operational characteristics, such as negligible hysteresis, low operational voltages (5 V), electron mobility in excess of36 cm2 V−1 s−1, high on/off current modulation ratio on the order of 107, and low interfacial trap density states (<1012 cm−2), were demonstrated.In addition, excellent film homogeneity was achieved over a large area (16 × 16 cm2), with both film thickness and capacitancedeviation of <1.2%.