Solution-Processable Carbon Nanotubes for Semiconducting Thin-Film Transistor Devices

CoMoCat single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) treated with diazonium salts can be used to fabricate solution-processable field-effect transistors (FETs) with a full semiconductor device yield. By increasing the network thickness, the effective mobility of the devices can be raised to similar to 10 cm(2) V-1 s(-1) while keeping the on-off ratio higher than 5000. The removal of impurities is essential to achieve high-on off-ratio devices. This approach is promising for preparation of SWNT inks for printing high-performance devices in flexible electronics.