Ultra-flexible, "invisible" thin-film transistors enabled by amorphous metal oxide/polymer channel layer blends

Adv Mater. 2015 Apr 8;27(14):2390-9. doi: 10.1002/adma.201405400. Epub 2015 Feb 25.

Abstract

Ultra-flexible and transparent metal oxide transistors are developed by doping In2 O3 films with poly(vinylphenole) (PVP). By adjusting the In2 O3 :PVP weight ratio, crystallization is frustrated, and conducting pathways for efficient charge transport are maintained. In2 O3 :5%PVP-based transistors exhibit mobilities approaching 11 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) before, and retain up to ca. 90% performance after 100 bending/relaxing cycles at a radius of 10 mm.

Keywords: flexible materials; indium oxide; polymer blends; thin-film transistors; transparent electronics.