Photomultiplication-Type Organic Photodetectors for Near-Infrared Sensing with High and Bias-Independent Specific Detectivity

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Abstract

Highly responsive organic photodetectors allow a plethora of applications in fields like imaging, health, security monitoring, etc. Photomultiplication-type organic photodetectors (PM-OPDs) are a desirable option due to their internal amplification mechanism. However, for such devices, significant gain and low dark currents are often mutually excluded since large operation voltages often induce high shot noise. Here, a fully vacuum-processed PM-OPD is demonstrated using trap-assisted electron injection in BDP-OMe:C 60 material system. By applying only −1 V, compared with the self-powered working condition, the responsivity is increased by one order of magnitude, resulting in an outstanding specific detectivity of ≈10 13 Jones. Remarkably, the superior detectivity in the near-infrared region is stable and almost voltage-independent up to −10 V. Compared with two photovoltaic-type photodetectors, these PM-OPDs exhibit the great potential to be easily integrated with state-of-the-art readout electronics in terms of their high responsivity, fast response speed, and bias-independent specific detectivity. The employed vacuum fabrication process and the easy-to-adapt PM-OPD concept enable seamless upscaling of production, paving the way to a commercially relevant photodetector technology.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number2105113
Pages (from-to)e2105113
JournalAdvanced science
Volume9
Issue number7
Early online date7 Jan 2022
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85122396504
unpaywall 10.1002/advs.202105113
Mendeley 4b100685-e834-353a-8724-02c3667c93b7
PubMed 34994114
ORCID /0000-0002-9773-6676/work/142247005

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Keywords

  • bias-independent, high detectivity, near-infrared sensing, organic photodetectors, photomultiplication

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