Schottky diodes were fabricated using aluminum/neutralized-sulfonated-polyaniline (SPAN) junctions. I–V and C–V measurements were made, and the barrier height (ΦB) and the background concentration (NB) were determined to be 0.8 V and 4×1017/cm3, respectively. Using these diodes as gate control, depletion-mode thin-film transistors were fabricated with a source and drain made of gold Ohmic contacts. The transistors were characterized by I–V measurements, and the carrier mobility determined from devices operating in the |VG|>|VDS| “linear” regime was about 0.01 cm2/V s. This high value of mobility could be attributed to the spherulitic (partially ordered) structures observed in the SPAN thin films. Field-effect transistors were also fabricated on SPAN films deposited on an n-doped silicon substrate acting as the gate electrode with a thermally grown oxide layer. A reasonably high on/off ratio (∼4×103) was measured in these devices.
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