title: Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Transistors for Flat Panel Display Application.
abstract: Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising materials for both high performance transistors for high speed computing and thin film transistors for macroelectronics, which can provide more functions at low cost. Among macroelectronics applications, carbon nanotube thin film transistors (CNT-TFT) are expected to be used soon for backplanes in flat panel displays (FPDs) due to their superior performance. In this paper, we review the challenges of CNT-TFT technology for FPD applications. The device performance of state-of-the-art CNT-TFTs are compared with the requirements of TFTs for FPDs. Compatibility of the fabrication processes of CNT-TFTs and current TFT technologies are critically examined. Though CNT-TFT technology is not yet ready for backplane production line of FPDs, the challenges can be overcome by close collaboration between research institutes and FPD manufacturers in the short term.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. liangxl@pku.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xuelei
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3095-0974
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Jiye
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Guodong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
authors.forename: Boyuan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. lmpeng@pku.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lianmao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon
keywords: Backplane; Carbon nanotube; Flat panel display; Thin film transistors