Abstract:
An organic semiconductor compound may be represented by the above Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2, and an organic thin film may include the organic semiconductor compound according to Chemical Formula 1 or 2.
Abstract:
An organic composition for a semiconductor device includes a compound for an organic semiconductor device including a structural unit; and a metal-containing compound selected from a transition element-containing compound, a lanthanide-containing compound, and a combination thereof, which results in improved charge mobility due to a reduced grain boundary.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a method for fabricating an organic thin film transistor, including treating the surfaces of a gate insulating layer and source/drain electrodes with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-forming compound through a one-pot reaction, and an organic thin film transistor fabricated by the method. According to example embodiments, the surface-treatment of the gate insulating layer and the source/drain electrodes may be performed in a single vessel through a single process.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a composition containing hetero arylene or arylene showing a p-type semiconductor property in addition to thiophene showing a p-type semiconductor property and thiazole rings showing a n-type semiconductor property at a polymer main chain, an organic semiconductor polymer containing the composition, an organic active layer containing the organic semiconductor polymer, an organic thin film transistor (OTFT) containing the organic active layer, an electronic device containing the OTFT, and a method of preparing the same. The composition of example embodiments, which is used in an organic semiconductor polymer and contains thiazole rings, may exhibit increased solubility to an organic solvent, coplanarity, processibility and an improved thin film property.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an organic polymer semiconductor compound, a method of forming an organic polymer semiconductor thin film using the same, and an organic thin film transistor using the same. Example embodiments of this invention pertain to an organic polymer semiconductor having a side chain including a removable substituent, and to an organic thin film transistor using the organic polymer semiconductor for an organic active layer, which has lower leakage current, higher charge mobility, and/or a higher on/off ratio.
Abstract:
An organic semiconducting copolymer according to example embodiments may be represented by Formula 1 below: An organic electronic device may include the above organic semiconducting copolymer. The organic semiconducting copolymer according to example embodiments may provide improved solubility, processability, and thin film properties. Consequently, the organic semiconducting copolymer may be used in a variety of electronic devices. A suitable electronic device may be an organic thin film transistor. When an active layer of an organic thin film transistor includes the organic semiconducting copolymer, higher charge mobility and lower breaking leakage current may be achieved.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an insulating organic polymer having side chains that enable the formation of a highly hydrophobic insulating layer with decreased surface energy. Decreased surface energy of an organic insulating layer formed using the insulating organic polymer may lead to an increase in the degree of alignment of a semiconductor material. Therefore, the insulating organic polymer may be used to fabricate an organic thin film transistor having improved characteristics, e.g., decreased threshold voltage and increased charge carrier mobility. Further disclosed are an organic insulating layer formed using the insulating polymer, an organic thin film transistor comprising the insulating layer and a method of fabricating the same, and an electronic device comprising the organic thin film transistor.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are NPN-type low molecular aromatic ring compounds, organic semiconductor layers formed from such compounds that exhibit improved electrical stability and methods of forming such layers using solution-based processes, for example, spin coating processes performed at or near room temperature. These NPN-type compounds may be used, either singly or in combination, for fabricating organic semiconductor layers in electronic devices. The NPN-type aromatic ring compounds according to example embodiments may be deposited as a solution on a range of substrates to form a coating film that is then subjected to a thermal treatment to form a semiconductor thin film across large substrate surfaces that exhibits reduced leakage currents relative to conventional PNP-type organic semiconductor materials, thus improving the electrical properties of the resulting devices.
Abstract:
An oligothiophene-arylene derivative wherein an arylene having n-type semiconductor characteristics is introduced into an oligothiophene having p-type semiconductor characteristics, thereby simultaneously exhibiting both p-type and n-type semiconductor characteristics. Further, an organic thin film transistor using the oligothiophene-arylene derivative.
Abstract:
An exemplary organic semiconductor copolymer includes a polymeric repeat structure having a polythiophene structure and an electron accepting unit. The electron accepting unit has at least one electron-accepting heteroaromatic structure with at least one electron-withdrawing imine nitrogen in the heteroaromatic structure or a thiophene-arylene comprising a C2-30 heteroaromatic structure. Methods of synthesis and electronic devices incorporating the disclosed organic semiconductors, e.g., as a channel layer, are also disclosed.