Fully spray coated organic photodiodes

Nano Lett. 2009 Mar;9(3):980-3. doi: 10.1021/nl803386y.

Abstract

Solution-processed organic diodes based on bulk heterojunctions are attractive for large area photodetection. We report a general approach for fully spray-coated organic photodiodes with outstanding characteristics in comparison to bladed or spin-coated devices. Despite the high surface roughness and the less defined morphology of the spray-deposited organic layers, we observe organic photodetectors with responsivities of 0.36 A/W and noise equivalent powers of 0.2 pW/H(1/2) in the visible spectrum at high reverse biases of -5 V. Furthermore, we demonstrate device lifetimes beyond 1 year as well as superior yield and reproducibilties for the dark current and photocurrent densities.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Chemistry, Organic / methods
  • Glass
  • Light
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Organic Chemicals / chemistry
  • Oscillometry
  • Photochemistry / methods*
  • Semiconductors
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Surface Properties
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Organic Chemicals