Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Balancing the film strain of organic semiconductors for ultrastable organic transistors with a five-year lifetime

  • Xiaosong Chen,
  • Zhongwu Wang,
  • Jiannan Qi,
  • Yongxu Hu,
  • Yinan Huang,
  • Shougang Sun,
  • Yajing Sun,
  • Wenbin Gong,
  • Langli Luo,
  • Lifeng Zhang,
  • Haiyan Du,
  • Xiaoxia Hu,
  • Cheng Han,
  • Jie Li,
  • Deyang Ji,
  • Liqiang Li,
  • Wenping Hu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29221-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Aggregate state instability is a major cause of device degradation in organic field-effect transistors. Here, authors elucidate the origin of such instability and provide a strategy to overcome it, such that devices with ultra-long lifetimes can be obtained.