The bottom gate thin-film transistors (TFTs) with un-annealed and annealed ZnO film as a channel layer were fabricated. Compared with the un-annealed device
the performance of the device with annealed ZnO had been improved. The saturation mobility increased from 2.3 to 3.12 cm
2
/(Vs)
the threshold voltage reduced from 20.8 to 9.9 V
the threshold swing varied from 2.6 to 1.9 V/dec
and the threshold voltage shifted from 8.0 to 3.4 V after applying a gate bias stress of 25 V for 3 600 s. The experimental results indicate that using annealed ZnO film as channel layer is an effective approach for improving ZnO-based TFT performance and bias stress stability.
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