A Self-Assembled Monolayer Modification to Enhance the Performance of PVA Polymer Electret-Based Organic Synaptic Phototransistor

Jian Li, Yiding Gu, Ting Zhang, Jiang Huang, Zhi David Chen, Chaoyue Zheng, Shibin Li

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Abstract

The organic synaptic phototransistor (OSPT) is extensively considered to be a key building block of next-generation neuromorphic computing due to its advantages of computing in memory and large-scale parallel processing operation. However, the effective charge transport of the organic semiconductor layer still remains challenging in the field of OSPT. Here, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of octadecyltrichlorosilane (ODTS) is proposed to tailor the surface property between the pentacene channel layer and the biocompatible polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) electret. Both the hole mobility and the ON- OFF ratio of OSPT are notably improved by an order of magnitude, which finally enhances the corresponding photoelectric characteristics. The OSPT shows a large memory window (40 V) with the assistance of the optical erase process. Besides, several basic synaptic behaviors are effectively implemented presenting a better modulation of synaptic weight. Furthermore, the OSPT is applied in recognizing digital images based on the single-layer perceptron (SLP) artificial neural network (ANN) and three-layer perceptron (TLP) ANN, and the total average recognition accuracy improves from 82.6% to 87.5%. Our research provides a facile interface modification strategy for designing high-performance PVA-based OSPT and a potential synaptic application for neuromorphic computing in near future.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3801-3807
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume70
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2023

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Keywords

  • Interface modification
  • neuromorphic computing
  • polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer electret
  • self-assembled monolayer (SAM)
  • synaptic phototransistor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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