Issue 25, 2015

High mobility flexible graphene field-effect transistors and ambipolar radio-frequency circuits

Abstract

Field-effect transistors (GFETs) were fabricated on mechanically flexible substrates using chemical vapor deposition grown graphene. High current density (nearly 200 μA μm−1) with saturation, almost perfect ambipolar electron–hole behavior, high transconductance (120 μS μm−1) and good stability over 381 days were obtained. The average carrier mobility for holes (electrons) is 13 540 cm2 V−1 s−1 (12 300 cm2 V−1 s−1) with the highest value over 24 000 cm2 V−1 s−1 (20 000 cm2 V−1 s−1) obtained in flexible GFETs. Ambipolar radio-frequency circuits, frequency doubler, were constructed based on the high performed flexible GFET, which show record high output power spectra purity (∼97%) and high conversion gain of −13.6 dB. Bending measurements show the flexible GFETs are able to work under modest strain. These results show that flexible GFETs are a very promising option for future flexible radio-frequency electronics.

Graphical abstract: High mobility flexible graphene field-effect transistors and ambipolar radio-frequency circuits

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Apr 2015
Accepted
28 May 2015
First published
29 May 2015

Nanoscale, 2015,7, 10954-10962

Author version available

High mobility flexible graphene field-effect transistors and ambipolar radio-frequency circuits

Y. Liang, X. Liang, Z. Zhang, W. Li, X. Huo and L. Peng, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 10954 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR02292D

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