Reduced hole injection barrier for achieving ultralow voltage polymer space-charge-limited transistor with a high on/off current ratio

Vertical polymer space-charge limited transistor (SCLT) operated with an ultralow voltage is demonstrated. The influence of aging effect of the oxygen plasma treated indium tin oxide electrode on the hole injection barrier and on the transistor characteristics is investigated. By reducing the hole injection barrier, the on/off ratio as high as 10⁴ is obtained at a collector to emitter voltage as low as -0.84 V. The low operation voltage is crucial to the development of low-power large-area polymer transistor array. Inverter characteristics are also demonstrated by connecting a SCLT with a load resistor.