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Carbon Nanotube TFTs

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Abstract

The mix of extraordinary electrical, mechanical, and optical properties makes carbon nanotubes a promising material for future applications. The room-temperature charge carrier mobility of individual carbon nanotubes was demonstrated to outperform all known semiconductors. This might enable high-performance on-panel electronic circuits like promised for poly-silicon technology. Carbon nanotubes can in contrast be processed from solution, enabling low-cost vacuum-free deposition. Since carbon nanotubes are also extremely flexible, mechanically and chemically very stable, they seem predestined for flexible electronics and flexible displays. If all mentioned aspects can be combined in a stable process, carbon nanotube transistors can become the basic building block not only for display applications. In this chapter, the basic knowledge for a better understanding of carbon nanotube based electronics is given and key techniques for their application in displays and flexible electronics are discussed.

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Abbreviations

φ m :

Metal Work Function

AM:

Active Matrix

CNN:

Carbon Nanotube Network

CNT:

Carbon Nanotube

CVD:

Chemical Vapor Deposition

d t :

Diameter of a SWNT

D :

Density of a CNN [tubes/area]

DOS:

Density of States

E f :

Fermi Energy

FET:

Field Effect Transistor

I off :

TFT Current in the Off-State

I on :

TFT Current in the On-State

L :

Length of a SWNT

L C :

TFT Channel Length

m-SWNT:

Metallic Single Walled Nanotube

MWNT:

Multi Walled Nanotube

NMP:

N-Methyl-Pyrrolidone

PANI:

Poly(Aniline)

PEI:

Poly(Ethylenimine)

PMMA:

Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)

p m :

Percolation Threshold of m-SWNTs

p s :

Percolation Threshold of s-SWNTs

S :

Subthreshold Swing

SB:

Schottky Barrier

SWNT:

Single Walled Nanotube

s-SWNT:

Semiconducting Single Walled Nanotube

TFT:

Thin Film Transistor

W C :

TFT Channel Width

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Schindler, A. (2012). Carbon Nanotube TFTs. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_53

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