Abstract
We report on the effect of atmospheric plasma treatment on zinc tin oxide (ZTO) thin-film transistors (TFTs). To improve the properties of ZTO-TFTs, the back-channel surfaces of ZTO were treated by the atmospheric Ar plasma. The untreated ZTO-TFTs showed the average field effect mobility (FE) of ∼6.79 cm2/Vs and subthreshold swing (S.S.) of ∼0.95 V/decade. The plasma-treated ZTO-TFTs showed the higher average FE of ∼8.19 cm2/Vs than that of untreated devices and S.S. of ∼0.93. By a simple non-vacuum plasma treatment, we could drastically improve the electrical characteristics and uniformity of ZTO-TFTs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | H354-H357 |
| Journal | Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| State | Published - 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |