The artificial neural system has attracted tremendous attention in the field of artificial intelligence due to operate mode of parallel computation which is superior to traditional Von Neumann computers in processing complex sensory data and real-time situations with extremely low power dissipation. Remarkable progress has been made in the hardware-based electric-doublelayer synaptic transistors as its modulation by ion movement is similar to biological synapse for the past few years. Unfortunately, long-term potentiation (LTP) timescale is still a big challenge in hardware-based electric-double-layer synaptic transistors which is essential to processing capacity and memory formation. Meanwhile, the effect of ion concentration on the synaptic plasticity has rarely been reported. Here, a solid state electrolyte-gated transistor using Ta 2 O 5 as dielectric layer with unique ionic composition was demonstrated and the regulation of synaptic weight was realized by changing ion concentration. Both the potentiation and depression of synaptic weight such as excitatory post-synaptic current, inhibitory response (IPSC), paired pulse facilitation as well as LTP were successfully simulated. More importantly, oxygen vacancy content was tuned for the first time to modulate synaptic plasticity by varying film thickness and gas ratio, through which the intensity and duration of memory were enhanced with appropriate vacancy concentration. It indicated that appropriate vacancy concentration avoided the effects of internal electric field induced by ion excess, leading to a long-term memory. These results reveal a promising path to improve memory capacity of artificial synapse via ion modulation.
Organic phototransistors with high
sensitivity and responsivity
to light irradiance have great potential applications in national
defense, meteorology, industrial manufacturing, and medical security.
However, undesired dark current and photoresponsivity limit their
practical applications. Here, a novel vertical organic phototransistor
combined with ferroelectric materials is developed. The device structure
has nanometer channel length, which can effectively separate photogenerated
carriers and reduce the probability of carrier recombination and defect
scattering, thus improving the device performance of phototransistors.
Moreover, by inserting the poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) ferroelectric layer, the Schottky
barrier at the interface between the semiconductor and source can
be adjusted by the polarization of the external electric field, which
can effectively reduce the dark current of the phototransistor to
further improve the device performance. Therefore, our phototransistors
exhibit a high photoresponsivity of more than 5.7 × 105A/W, an outstanding detectivity of 1.15 × 1018 Jones,
and an excellent photosensitivity of 5 × 107 under
760 nm light illumination, which are better than those of conventional
lateral organic phototransistors. This work provides a new approach
for the development of high-performance phototransistors, which opens
a new pathway for organic phototransistors in practical application.
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