Energy-Level Manipulation in Novel Indacenodithiophene-Based Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Near-Infrared Organic Photodetectors

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Bhat, Gurudutt
Liu, Qian
Kielar, Marcin
Hamada, Yuya
Michinobu, Tsuyoshi
Sah, Pankaj
Ko Kyaw, Aung Ko
Pandey, Ajay K
Sonar, Prashant
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2021
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Organic photodetectors (OPDs) are promising candidates for next-generation digital imaging and wearable sensors due to their low cost, tuneable optoelectrical properties combined with high-level performance, and solution-processed fabrication techniques. However, OPD detection is often limited to shorter wavelengths, whereas photodetection in the near-infrared (NIR) region is increasingly being required for wearable electronics and medical device applications. NIR sensing suffers from low responsivity and high dark currents. A common approach to enhance NIR photon detection is lowering the optical band gap via donor-acceptor (D-A) molecular engineering. Herein, we present the synthesis of two novel indacenodithiophene (IDT)-based D-A conjugated polymers, namely, PDPPy-IT and PSNT-IT via palladium-catalyzed Stille coupling reactions. These novel polymers exhibit optical band gaps of 1.81 and 1.27 eV for PDPPy-IT and PSNT-IT, respectively, with highly desirable visible and NIR light detection through energy-level manipulation. Moreover, excellent materials' solubility and thin-film processability allow easy incorporation of these polymers as an active layer into OPDs for light detection. In the case of PSNT-IT devices, a photodetection up to 1000 nm is demonstrated with a peak sensitivity centered at 875 nm, whereas PDPPy-IT devices are efficient in detecting the visible spectrum with the highest sensitivity at 660 nm. Overall, both OPDs exhibit spectral responsivities up to 0.11 A W-1 and dark currents in the nA cm-2 range. With linear dynamic ranges exceeding 140 dB and fast response times recorded below 100 μs, the use of novel IDT-based polymers in OPDs shows great potential for wearable optoelectronics.

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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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Chemical sciences

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Electrical engineering

Electronics, sensors and digital hardware

Materials engineering

Polymers and plastics

indacenodithiophene

low band gap polymer

near-infrared absorption

near-infrared photodetectors

organic photodetectors

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Bhat, G; Liu, Q; Kielar, M; Hamada, Y; Michinobu, T; Sah, P; Ko Kyaw, AK; Pandey, AK; Sonar, P, Energy-Level Manipulation in Novel Indacenodithiophene-Based Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Near-Infrared Organic Photodetectors, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021

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