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Oxygen Vacancy Passivation by Compensation Technique to Address the Conflict Between Mobility and Threshold Voltage of Heterojunction Oxide Transistors

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Siyuan Hu
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Jingye Xie
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Junchen Dong *
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Zheng Zhou
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Jinlong Lin
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Dedong Han *
DOI:10.1002/sstr.70564delete
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Oxide transistors have attracted considerable attention in integrated circuits and practical applications, yet they face the fundamental conflict between field-effect mobility (μFE) and threshold voltage (Vth). In this study, we propose a compensation technique that can effectively passivate oxygen vacancies and enhance the gate control capability of devices, achieving a balance between the μFE and Vth of InZnO/ZnO heterojunction transistors. After treating the back-channel region with 0.05 mol L−1–NH4Cl solution for 30 s, Vth exhibits a positive shift from −1.51 to −0.75 V, accompanied by a reduction in subthreshold swing (SS) from 246.50 to 96.90 mV dec−1. The μFE remains at a high level from 71.63 to 70.60 cm2 V−1 s−1. Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analyses reveal that this method reduces the oxygen vacancy on the channel surface. Density functional theory (DFT) reveals that OH groups from the solution passivate oxygen vacancies via Zn–H–Zn bridges intermediate, forming Zn–OH as the final product at room temperature. Inverters based on treated InZnO/ZnO transistors were fabricated, exhibiting a fivefold enhancement in gain from 90 to 450 V/V. This electrical compensation strategy features low-temperature operation, low power consumption, and large-area processability, demonstrating great potential for back-end-of-line integration applications.
Keywords:
mobility
oxygen vacancy
passivation
solution treatment
threshold voltage
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