Abstract
Organic photodio
des OPD based on P3HT: PCBM bulk heterojunction were fabricated and characterized under different
voltage bias. The photodiodes demonstrated a stable signal around specified wavelength at 550 nm under a reverse bias at
2.5V, showing a potential applicat ion for specific wavelengths detection. The photocurrent responsivity indicated that free
charge carriers can be extracted within microseconds after the light cut off. The periodic time was about 2 μs (fastest was 1.5
μs under high intensity condition) und er different light intensity. The transientt echnique was applied to investigate the
recombination rate inside of organic photodetector in order to elucidate the dominant decay mechanism. The mobility and
charge carrier density values obtained with transie nt absorption spectrum show a result of geminate recombination after
exciton separation being the dominant loss mechanism. Although the process was dominated by recombination, OPD
worked perfectly in low light condition indicating a potential application in sensing market..
Keywords
Organic Photodetector, Photocurrent, Transient technique.
Citation
GUILIN LIU, JIANBO SHAO, XIAO WANG, YIQING ZHU, WEIYING QIAN, GUOHUA LI, Investigation of photocurrent and recombination dynamics of photodiodes based on polymeric materials, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 11, 11-12, November-December 2017, pp.665-670 (2017).
Submitted at: March 20, 2017
Accepted at: Nov. 28, 2017