Abstract
An ultraviolet (UV) photodetector is fabricated by sandwiching a nanocomposite active layer between charge-selective semiconducting polymers. The nanocomposite active layer composed of TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) blended with 1,3-bis(N-carbazolyl)benzene (mCP), which acts as a "valve" controller that enables hole injection into the device upon UV illumination. The UV photodetector demonstrated a high photocurrent to dark current ratio (∼104), a large linear dynamic range of 60 dB, and a remarkable external quantum efficiency (∼8.5 × 104%) for the UV light at 351 nm. In addition to discussing the performance of the UV photodetector, a general strategy for design and fabrication of high-performance UV photodetectors with hole injection operation mode is suggested.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 14690-14694 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 27 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Materials Science