Visible-blind near-infrared organic photodetectors

Zhuangmiao Wang, Yu Tang, Jiayin Han, Furong Zhu*

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Abstract

The presently available commercial photodetectors have a broadband photoresponse and require different external optical filters to block the undesired light outside the detection spectrum window, e.g., near-infrared (NIR) detection. The use of an NIR bandpass has technical limitations in curved or flexible large-area photodetectors, as an NIR bandpass depends critically on the difference in the interference of the optical path in the filter. This work reports the effort to develop a high-performance filter-free organic photodetector (OPD) with a double bulk heterojunction (BHJ) structure. The visible-blind NIR photodetection is realized by eliminating the photocurrent generated in the front visible light-absorbing BHJ optical depletion layer, due to the suppression of electron transport by incorporating a copper thiocyanate-based electron-blocking layer in the OPD. Only excitons generated in the rear NIR-absorbing BHJ contribute to photocurrent in the OPD, thereby achieving visible-blind NIR photodetection. The double BHJ OPD has a high responsivity of 0.38 A/W at 1050 nm and a specific detectivity of >1013 Jones over the wavelength range from 800 to 1050 nm, making it an ideal candidate for applications in optical communication, food quality detection, wellness monitoring, and NIR image sensors.
Original languageEnglish
Article number021103
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume124
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jan 2024

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  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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