Abstract
Chemically deposited lead sulfide (PbS) thin films were used as the semiconductor active layer in common-gated thin film transistors. The PbS films were deposited at room temperature on SiO2/Si-p wafers. Lift-off was used to define source and drain contacts (gold, Au) on top of the PbS layer with channel lengths ranging from 10 to 80 μm. The Si-p wafer with a back chromium-gold contact served as the common gate for the transistors. Experimental results show that as-deposited PbS are p-type in character and the devices exhibit typical drain current versus source-drain voltage (I DS-VDS) behavior as a function of gate voltage. The values of threshold voltage of the devices were in the range from -7.8 to 1.0 V, depending on the channel length. Channel mobility was approximately 10 - 4 cm2V- 1 s- 1. The low channel mobility in the devices is attributed to the influence of the microstructure of the nanocrystalline thin films. The electrical performance of the PbS-based devices was improved by thermal annealing the devices in forming gas at 250 °C. In particular, channel mobility increased and threshold voltage decreased as a consequence of the thermal annealing.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 512-516 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Thin Solid Films |
Volume | 519 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 29 Oct 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by CONACYT through the Becas Mixtas and Sabbatical Programs.
Keywords
- Chemical bath deposition
- Field effect transistors
- Lead sulfide