Effects of polymer grain boundary passivation on organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite field-effect transistors
Despite successful applications of solution-processed organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites (OIHPs) such as archetypical methylammonium lead iodide (MAPI) in high-performance optoelectronic devices including solar cells and light emitting diodes, their application in field-effect transistors (FETs) remains relatively limited due to the unresolved issues caused by ion migration in OIHPs, such as screening of gate electric fields, lowered device on-off ratios and field-effect mobility, and large hysteresis in the FET transfer characteristics. Here, we report improved performances of the MAPI-based FET via a polymer-additive-based grain boundary (GB) passivation approach that suppresses the ion migration. Polycaprolactone (PCL) was incorporated into the MAPI FET as a GB-passivation additive as confirmed by scanning electron and atomic force microscopies. Unlike the typical n-type behavior and large transfer hysteresis in the starting, pristine MAPI FETs, the GB passivation by PCL led to a drastically reduced hysteresis in FET transfer characteristics, while hinting at an ambipolar transport and slight improvement in mobility, indicating a reduced ion migration in the PCL-incorporated MAPI FET. The effect of PCL GB passivation in suppressing ion migration was directly confirmed by the measured, increased activation energy for ion migration in the PCL-incorporated MAPI. The results not only represent the first report of the polymer-additive-based mitigation of the ion migration in the MAPI FET but also suggest potential utilities of the approach for enabling high-performance OIHP FETs and electronic devices in general.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; DESC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1854496
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1828449
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-222827-2022-JAAM; TRN: US2305344
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 119, Issue 18; ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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