Fig. 2. Electrical performance and underlying mechanism of NDR behavior of flexible CNT-TFTs.
(A) Transfer characteristics of a representative flexible CNT-TFT with Lch = 5 μm and Wch = 50 μm. (B) Output characteristics of the CNT-TFT in/around the subthreshold region. The gray arrow indicates the sweep direction of Vgs. (C) Two-dimensional (2D) color plot of output conductance gds as a function of Vds under different Vgs of the CNT-TFT. The NDR/PDR transition boundary is indicated by gray dashed lines. (D) Schematic band diagrams illustrating the hole depletion and conduction type inversion near the drain side with increased |Vds|. (E) Output characteristics of a CNT-TFT (Lch = 20 μm) at Vgs = −5 V (top) and the false-color near-infrared EL intensity images at corresponding Vds (bottom). Scale bar, 5 μm.
