Ionic-Liquid Induced Morphology Tuning of PEDOT:PSS for High Performance Organic Electrochemical Transistors
XIHU WU a, Wei Lin Leong a
a Nanyang Technological University, Nanomaterials Laboratory, S2.1-B5-01, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, NTU, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of nanoGe Spring Meeting 2022 (NSM22)
#FUN-OrgBio22. Fundamentals of Organic Bioelectronic Devices
Online, Spain, 2022 March 7th - 11th
Organizers: Eleni Stavrinidou and Annalisa Bonfiglio
Contributed talk, XIHU WU, presentation 336
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.nsm.2022.336
Publication date: 7th February 2022

The ability to operate in aqueous environments makes poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate), PEDOT:PSS, based organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) excellent candidates for a variety of biological applications. Current research in PEDOT:PSS based-OECTs is primarily focused on improving the conductivity of PEDOT:PSS film to achieve high transconductance (gm). The improved conductivity and electronic transport are attributed to the formation of enlarged PEDOT-rich domains and shorter PEDOT stacking, but such a change in morphology sacrifices the ionic transport and, therefore, the doping/de-doping process. Additionally, little is known about the effect of such morphology changes on the gate bias that makes the maximum gm, threshold voltage, and transient behavior of PEDOT:PSS based OECTs. Here, we tune the molecular packing and nanostructure of PEDOT:PSS films using ionic liquids as additives, namely, 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium (EMIM) as cation and anions of chloride (Cl), trifluoromethanesulfonate (OTF), bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (TFSI), and tricyanomethanide (TCM). We demonstrate that an optimal morphology is realised using EMIM OTF ionic liquids that generate smaller fibril-like PEDOT-rich domains with relatively loose structures. Such optimal morphology improves ion accessibility, lowering the gate bias required to completely de-dope the channel, and thus enabling to achieve high transconductance, fast transient response and at lower gate bias window simultaneously.

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