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Influence of metallization process on solution-processed InGaZnO thin film transistors

Journal

NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 40, Pages -

Publisher

IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac0eaf

Keywords

thin film transistor; InGaZnO; solution-processed; annealing; poly(methyl methacrylate) passivation; x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer

Funding

  1. National Research Foundation [NRF-2018R1A2B600471013]
  2. Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea

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This study examined the influence of aluminum electrodes on low-temperature solution-processed InGaZnO thin film transistors, revealing enhanced electron density, abnormal negative shift in threshold voltage, and improvements after low-temperature post-annealing and polymer passivation.
Low-temperature solution-processed InGaZnO (IGZO) thin film transistors (TFTs) have recently attracted significant attention as the next-generation flexible display TFTs, owing to their high transparency, high electrical performance, low-cost fabrication, and large-area scalability. However, solution-processed amorphous IGZO TFTs have several drawbacks, such as poor film quality or low stability, and have been studied with view to improving the device performance. One of the critical components determining device characteristics is the metallization process, which we systematically studied using aluminum (Al) source and drain electrodes. The electrical properties were measured for different channel lengths and evaluated using the threshold voltage (V (th)) and subthreshold swing (SS). Al electrodes directly affect the channel region, enhancing the electron density because of the doping effect from Al and oxygen vacancy-related oxidation of Al and causing an abnormal negative shift of V (th), which is confirmed by the component analysis via various spectroscopies. To understand and improve the TFT characteristics, we conducted a low-temperature post-annealing process and polymer passivation and succeeded in moving V (th) from over 150 V to near 0 V and remarkably improved SS. This study discovered that the influence of source-drain metallization on the channel region determines the device characteristics through the close relation between metal oxidation and the number of oxygen vacancies.

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