Directly written DPP-DTT/SrTiO3 organic/inorganic heterojunctions for anisotropic self-powered photodetectors. Issue 43 (1st November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Yong; Liu, Weilin; Liu, Yushen; Wang, Conghuan; Zhu, Guodong; Song, Weidong
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 9:Issue 43(2021)
• Page Start: 15654
• Page End: 15661
• Publication Date: 2021-11-01
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Optical materials -- Research -- Periodicals; Electronics -- Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/d1tc03719f
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-7526

Abstract

Abstract : Direct writing technique was developed to fabricate DPP-DTT/SrTiO3 photodetectors with parallel and perpendicular configurations, showing identical self-powered but anisotropic photoresponse, which exhibits great potential for broad applications. Abstract : The anisotropic electrical properties of organic semiconductors are one of the research hotspots currently. However, there is a great challenge to construct optoelectronic devices by using anisotropic properties of organic semiconductors. Here, we developed anisotropic self-powered photodetectors based on organic polymer semiconducting DPP-DTT and SrTiO3 (DPT/STO) heterojunctions. Two PDs were fabricated where anisotropic DPP-DTT layers were written directly on SrTiO3 with parallel and perpendicular configurations (‖DPT/STO and ⊥DPT/STO). It is found that both devices exhibit anisotropic self-powered characteristics under 400 nm light illumination at zero bias; however, the ‖DPT/STO device shows larger open-circuit voltage (0.71 V) and higher photocurrent (1.0 nA) than the ⊥DPT/STO device (0.26 V and 0.4 nA). Moreover, the anisotropic self-powered feature is also verified on the DPT/GaN devices. The observed phenomenon can be attributed to the anisotropic electrical performance of the directly written DPP-DTT organic polymer. Our work provides a promising way to fabricate anisotropic self-powered devices by employing anisotropic organic semiconductors for broad applications.