Organic inverter circuits employing ambipolar pentacene field-effect transistors

Abstract

Ambipolar transport has been observed in pentacene films grown on polyvinyl alcohol gate dielectric with hole and electron mobilities of 0.3 and 0.04cm2∕Vs, respectively. A simple device structure with Au as source-drain electrode can be used to operate a transistor in both p-channel and n-channel modes without employing low work function metal electrodes for ambipolar charge injection. Using ambipolar pentacene field-effect transistors, we construct a complementarylike inverter with voltage inversion gain of ∼10. These inverters are able to operate both in first and third quadrants of the voltage output to voltage input characteristics which is a unique feature of employing ambipolar transistors.