Double-Layered Strategy for Broadband Photomultiplication-Type Organic Photodetectors and Achieving Narrowband Response in Violet, Red, and Near-Infrared Light

Ming Liu, Qunping Fan*, Jian Wang, Francis Lin, Zijin Zhao, Kaixuan Yang, Xingchao Zhao, Zhengji Zhou*, Alex K.-Y. Jen*, Fujun Zhang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Broadband photomultiplication-type organic photodetectors (PM-OPDs) were prepared with PMBBDT:PY3Se-2V (1:1, wt/wt) as the absorbing layer (AL) and PC71BM:P3HT (100:5, wt/wt) as the photomultiplication layer (PML) on the basis of the sandwich structure. The incident photons from ultraviolet light to the near-infrared region can be harvested by AL. The rather less P3HT in PML can produce plenty of isolated hole traps with P3HT surrounded by PC71BM; the electron tunneling injection induced by trapped holes near the Ag electrode can lead to the photomultiplication (PM) phenomenon. The performance of PM-OPDs can be effectively improved by optimizing the AL thickness. The optimal PM-OPDs exhibit a broad spectral response from 300 to 1050 nm as well as an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 5800% at 340 nm at 10 V bias, along with a specific detectivity (D*) of 3.78 × 1013 Jones. The spectral response of PM-OPDs is controlled by the trapped-hole distribution near the Ag electrode, primarily originating from the photogenerated holes in AL. To further optimize the spectral response of PM-OPDs, the optical filter layer (OFL) was used to manipulate light field distribution in AL. The violet, red, and near-infrared-light PM-OPDs were developed by employing different OFLs.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)45636–45643
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume14
Issue number40
Online published29 Sept 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Oct 2022

Research Keywords

  • broadband
  • optical filter layer
  • organic photodetectors
  • photomultiplication type
  • tunable spectral response

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