Pentacene Organic-Thin-Film Field-Effect Transistors

We have fabricated organic thin-film transistors using the small-molecule polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pentacene as an active material. Devices were fabricated on glass substrates by using rf-magnetron sputtered amorphous aluminium as the gate electrode, and gelatinized polyimide as the gate dielectric with physical vapour grown pentacene thin films pasted on it as the active layer, then using rf-magnetron sputtered amorphous aluminium as the source and drain contacts. Field effect mobility and threshold voltage is 0.092 cm²/Vs and 14.5 V, respectively. On-off current ratio is nearly 10³.