Nanopaper-Based Organic Inkjet-Printed DiodesShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Advanced Materials Technologies, E-ISSN 2365-709X, Vol. 5, no 6, article id 1900773Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The rise of internet of things (IoTs) applications has led to the development of a new generation of light-weight, flexible, and cost-effective electronics. These devices and sensors have to be simultaneously easily replaceable and disposable while being environmentally sustainable. Thus, the introduction of new functionalized materials with mechanical flexibility that can be processed using large-area and facile fabrication methods (as, for example, printing technologies) has become a matter of great interest in the scientific community. In this context, cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) are renewable, affordable, robust, and nontoxic materials that are rapidly emerging as components for eco-friendly electronics. Their combination with conductive polymers (CPs) to obtain conductive nanopapers (CNPs) allows moving their functionality from just substrates to active components of the device. In this work, a route for the inkjet-printing of organic diodes is outlined. The proposed strategy is based on the use of CNPs as both substrates and bottom electrodes onto which insulator and organic semiconducting layers are deposited to fabricate novel diode structures. Remarkable rectification ratios of up to 1.2 x 10(3) at |3 V| and a current density up to 5.1 mu A cm(-2) are achieved. As a proof-of-concept of the potentiality of the approach for versatile, low-temperature, and disposable sensing applications, an NO2 gas sensor is presented.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, 2020. Vol. 5, no 6, article id 1900773
Keywords [en]
cellulose nanofibers; conductive nanopapers; inkjet-printing; organic diodes; rectification ratios
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-165228DOI: 10.1002/admt.201900773ISI: 000522741300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85082741498OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-165228DiVA, id: diva2:1424801
Note
Funding Agencies|MICIU-Spain [RTI2018-102070-B-C21]; Generalitat de CatalunyaGeneralitat de Catalunya [2017SGR-1159]; FEDER fundsEuropean Union (EU); University of Girona [BTI2018/12]
2020-04-202020-04-202022-10-28Bibliographically approved