Direct integration of halide perovskite into ionic-gated transistors by multicomponent engineering with conjugated polymer

Abstract

The large capacitance and high induced-carrier density modulation of ionic gate dielectrics have resulted in their substantial integration into diverse electronic device applications with different classes of semiconductors. However, despite the versatile control of induced carrier density in metal halide perovskite semiconductors, limited chemical stability has restricted their consideration for solution-processed ionic-gated transistors (IGTs). In this work, we demonstrate the engineering of solvents, solution-processed ionic polymer dielectric, and perovskite-conjugated polymer semiconductor blends for high-performance and low-voltage orthogonally engineered IGTs. By selecting a suitable orthogonal solvent for the solution-processed ionic polymer dielectric, robust interfacial characteristics were achieved atop the blend-engineered perovskite–polymer semiconductor layer without damage. The fabricated IGTs with an optimized formamidinium lead triiodide (FAPbI₃)-poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) blend showed a high room-temperature hole mobility of >9 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ under ≤− 1.5 V operation with an on/off ratio of >10³, high reproducibility, and excellent operational stability under ambient conditions. This novel hybrid perovskite IGTs with unique ionic gate dielectric could be a testbed for developing flexible and deformable perovskite-based transistors, physiological sensing devices, and related electronics.