Natural waxes from plant and animal origin as dielectrics for low-voltage organic field effect transistors
We demonstrate in this work the practical use of naturally extracted waxes of plant and animal origin, <i>i.e.</i>, beeswax, carnauba wax, rice bran wax, lanolin wax, and two shellac waxes as dielectrics in organic field effect transistors (OFETs). We present a thorough characterization of their material properties, processability and film forming characteristic, surface characterization, dielectric investigation and the fabrication of field effect transistors with two classic organic semiconductors, <i>i.e.</i>, pentacene and fullerene C<sub>60</sub>. We show that operating voltages as low as 1 V are possible for all the OFETs using blade coating as fabrication method of waxes solubilized in their appropriate solvent, chloroform or <i>n</i>-octane. Although in general difficult to process in thin films, we demonstrate in this work the practical applicability of these natural waxes for electronics fabrication.
Authors
- Yasin Kanbur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3996-458X)
- Christian Teichert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0796-2355)
- Boyuan Ban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1435-2459)
- Jozef Krajčovič (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7495-1787)
- Martin Cigánek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1738-3410)
- Heinz Langhals (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-4547)
- Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4727-1193)
- Cristian Vlad Irimia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3187-446X)
- Andreas Petritz
- Rosarita D’Orsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5408-9416)
- Mihai Irimia‐Vladu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0721-498X)
- Alessandra Operamolla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-0920)
- Petr Sedláček (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6211-9643)
- Oliver Brüggemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4536-939X)
- Yolanda Salinas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1828-5839)
- Cigdem Yumusak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7207-1121)
- Corina Schimanofsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9289-4053)
- Barbara Stadlober (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4572-7129)
- Rahul Singh Mourya
Institutions
- University of Pisa (IT)
- Johannes Kepler University of Linz (AT)
- Joanneum Research (AT)
- Karabük University (TR)
- Montanuniversität Leoben (AT)
- IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems (AT)
- Institute of Solid State Physics (CN)
- Brno University of Technology (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Materials Chemistry C
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5tc01419k
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Conducting polymers and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.43
Funders
- Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy
- Austrian Science Fund
- Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft