Improved Performance of Organic Thin Film Transistor with an Inorganic Oxide/Polymer Double-Layer Insulator

We employ the Ta2O5/PVP (poly-4-vinylphenol) double-layer gate insulator to improve the performance of pentacene thin-film transistors. It is found that the double-layer insulator has low leakage current, smooth surface and considerably high capacitance. Compared to Ta2O5 insulator layers, the device with the Ta2O5/PVP double-layer insulator exhibits an enhancement of the field-effect mobility from 0.21 to 0.54 cm2/Vs, and the decreasing threshold voltage from 4.38 V to -2.5 V. The results suggest that the Ta2O5/PVP double-layer insulator is a potential gate insulator for fabricating OTFTs with good electrical performance.