Table 1 The device stability of OFETs in the literature.

From: Balancing the film strain of organic semiconductors for ultrastable organic transistors with a five-year lifetime

No.

Semiconductor

Strategy

Film thickness

Shelf life/operational stability

Degradation

Ref.

1

Pentacene

Encapsulation

500 nm

458 daysa, b

50%

6

2

DNTT

Ambient

30 nm

246 daysa

50%

9

3

TIPS-pentacene

Top-gate self-encapsulation

–

210 daysa

7%

10

4

Ph-PXX

High ionization potential

50 nm

150 daysa

15%

11

5

TIPS-pentacene

Semiconductor/polymer blend

–

~30 daysa

<10%

12

6

TIPS-pentacene diF-TES-ADT

Top-gate self-encapsulation Microcrystal

70 nm

~5.9*105 secondsc

~5%

13

7

IDTBT

Top-gate self-encapsulation Water-free

-

~25 hoursc

~5%

14

8

DNTT

Ps-buffered TPGDA dielectric

70 nm

6 monthsd

Bare shift

15

9

TIPS-pentacene

Self-encapsulation

1 µm

1400 hours

75%

66

10

DNTT

PVS-buffered TPGDA dielectric

70 nm

8 months

8.3%

67

11

DNTT

pIBA, pEGDMA, pPFDA dielectric

50 nm

140 days

>38%

68

12

DNTT

AlOx-SAM dielectric

25 nm

470 days

20.8%

69

13

DNTT

Strain balance

200 nm

5 yearsa

10%

This work

  1. aShelf life.
  2. bTheoretical estimation.
  3. cOperational stability. The data are obtained from the literature.
  4. dThe lifetime was extracted from the same experimental conditions as our work.