Issue 15, 2020

Bilayer BaSnO3 thin film transistors on silicon substrates

Abstract

Barium tin oxide BaSnO3 (BSO) is a novel wide-bandgap semiconducting material with high electron mobility and is considered as a promising alternative to indium-containing amorphous oxide semiconductors. Herein, high-performance BSO thin film transistors (TFTs) on non-epitaxial substrates by forming a unique bilayer structure via sputtering are demonstrated. Synergistic control over the deposition rate and post-annealing temperatures result in precise formation and modulation of oxygen vacancies, culminating in insulating and semiconducting BaSnO3 fractions within the bilayer structure. These devices exhibit thermally activated charge transport properties with a field effect mobility of 0.75 cm2 V−1 s−1 and an Ion/Ioff ratio of 104. These novel BSO TFT devices are stable for at least 20 days with moderate storage conditions (room temperature, 30–40% humidity, air conditions), thus paving the way for the facile fabrication of high-performance indium-free switching devices.

Graphical abstract: Bilayer BaSnO3 thin film transistors on silicon substrates

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 Aug 2019
Accepted
03 Mar 2020
First published
03 Mar 2020

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020,8, 5231-5238

Bilayer BaSnO3 thin film transistors on silicon substrates

W. Du, A. C. Nguyen, R. A. John, J. J. Yang, M. R. Kulkarni, E. R. López-Mena, A. Nirmal and N. Mathews, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 5231 DOI: 10.1039/C9TC04815D

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