Materials Research Bulletin, Vol.90, 232-236, 2017
Carrier transport of carbon nanotube embedded organic semiconductor composite
This study exploits the carrier transport of an organic semiconductor composite incorporated with carbon nanomaterials. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were employed as a conductive inorganic nanofiller, and 6,13-Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene (TIPS) was applied as an organic semiconducting material to evaluate gate-voltage (V-Gs) of field effect transistors (FETs). The direct current (DC) electrical conductivity was controlled by adding the CNTs into the composite, and the resulting characteristics of terminals, sources and drain-source voltage (VIA) of transistors were evaluated. Our experimental results revealed that the TIPS/CNT composites offered enhanced DC electrical conductivity, e.g., above 0.195 S/m. These findings demonstrated that the carrier trapping of the organic semiconductor significantly increased by embedding CNTs. The TIPS and TIPS/CNT OFETs were analyzed using the Maxwell-Wagner model to understand the carrier mechanisms in the CNTs embedded OFET device. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.