High-performance hysteresis-free perovskite transistors through anion engineering.

Zhu, Huihui; Liu, Ao; Shim, Kyu In; Jung, Haksoon; Zou, Taoyu; Reo, Youjin; Kim, Hyunjun; Han, Jeong Woo et al. · Nat Commun · 2022

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Despite the impressive development of metal halide perovskites in diverse optoelectronics, progress on high-performance transistors employing state-of-the-art perovskite channels has been limited due to ion migration and large organic spacer isolation. Herein, we report high-performance hysteresis-free p-channel perovskite thin-film transistors (TFTs) based on methylammonium tin iodide (MASnI<sub>3</sub>) and rationalise the effects of halide (I/Br/Cl) anion engineering on film quality improvement and tin/iodine vacancy suppression, realising high hole mobilities of 20 cm<sup>2</sup> V<sup>-1</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>, current on/off ratios exceeding 10<sup>7</sup>, and threshold voltages of 0 V along with high operational stabilities and reproducibilities. We reveal ion migration has a negligible contribution to the hysteresis of Sn-based perovskite TFTs; instead, minority carrier trapping is the primary cause. Finally, we integrate the perovskite TFTs with commercialised n-channel indium gallium zinc oxide TFTs on a single chip to construct high-gain complementary inverters, facilitating the development of halide perovskite semiconductors for printable electronics and circuits.