Issue 24, 2021

Development of low bandgap polymers for red and near-infrared fullerene-free organic photodetectors

Abstract

Two photoconductive conjugated polymers (PDTPTT and PCPDTTT) were synthesized to be utilized in red and near-infrared (NIR) organic photodetectors (OPDs). The low bandgap was achieved by stabilizing the quinoidal structure of the conjugated backbone, and both donor polymers showed strong red and NIR absorption in the range of 500–900 nm. To enhance the exciton separation and intensify the red and NIR absorption, p–n bulk heterojunction OPDs were fabricated by blending a PDTPTT (or PCPDTTT) and a low bandgap nonfullerene acceptor (IDIC). The PCPDTTT:IDIC devices showed excellent OPD performances with a detectivity (D*) of 1.14 × 1012 Jones and a −3 dB bandwidth (f−3dB) of 211.7 Hz at −1 V, whereas the PDTPTT:IDIC devices were not successful due to the high dark current density (JD) at negative bias. The interfacial energies of the PDTPTT:IDIC and PCPDTTT:IDIC blends were calculated by measuring the solvent contact angles and we found that the lower interfacial energy of the PCPDTTT:IDIC blends could make a well-mixed nanomorphology in the blend films, resulting in superior OPD properties. On the other hand, the shallow HOMO energy level (−4.66 eV) of PDTPTT could make substantial JD, which showed suboptimal OPD performances.

Graphical abstract: Development of low bandgap polymers for red and near-infrared fullerene-free organic photodetectors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 apr 2021
Accepted
12 maj 2021
First published
12 maj 2021

New J. Chem., 2021,45, 10872-10879

Development of low bandgap polymers for red and near-infrared fullerene-free organic photodetectors

W. Jeong, J. Kang, M. Jeong, J. H. Won and I. H. Jung, New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 10872 DOI: 10.1039/D1NJ01694F

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