(Tetrathiafulvalene)(tetracyanoquinodimethane) as a low-contact-resistance electrode for organic transistors

The authors show that source and drain electrodes made of the title metallic organic charge-transfer salt (tetrathiafulvalene)(tetracyanoquinodimethane) [(TTF)(TCNQ)] result in drastic reduction of contact resistance in organic thin-film transistors (TFTs). The contact resistance is estimated by the variable gate-length transfer-line method. Pentacene TFTs with the organic electrodes show smaller contact resistance and larger overall mobility by more than one order than those of bottom-contact Au transistors. The performance is comparable to that of top-contact Au transistors, indicating that (TTF)(TCNQ) is an excellent electrode material for bottom-contact transistors.

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