Thin-film transistors based on p-type Cu2O thin films produced at room temperature

Copper oxide (Cu2O) thin films were used to produce bottom gate p-type transparent thin-film transistors (TFTs). Cu2O was deposited by reactive rf magnetron sputtering at room temperature and the films exhibit a polycrystalline structure with a strongest orientation along (111) plane. The TFTs exhibit improved electrical performance such as a field-effect mobility of 3.9 cm2/V s and an on/off ratio of 2×102.

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