Shortwave Infrared Organic Photodetectors Processed from Green Solvents
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen a
a Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Materials for Sustainable Development Conference (MATSUS)
Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2025 Conference (MATSUSSpring25)
Sustainable org semiconductors for light to current applications - #SusOrg
Sevilla, Spain, 2025 March 3rd - 7th
Organizers: Nicola Gasparini and Julianna Panidi
Invited Speaker, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, presentation 545
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsusspring.2025.545
Publication date: 16th December 2024

Shortwave infrared (SWIR) has various applications, including night vision, remote sensing, and medical imaging. SWIR organic photodetectors (OPDs) offer advantages such as flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and tunable properties. In this talk, I will discuss the development of OPD materials processed from green solvents and device engineering to extend the wavelength detection range of OPD to a longer wavelength. We demonstrate a proof-of-concept in PTB7-Th:COTIC-4F blend system, achieving external quantum efficiency (EQE) > 50 % over a broad spectrum  (450 – 1100 nm) with a peak specific detectivity (D*) of 1.1 x 1013 Jones at 1100 nm, while cut-off bandwidth, speed, and linearity are preserved. By employing a novel small-molecule acceptor IR6, a record high EQE = 35 % and D* = 4.1 x 1012 Jones are obtained at 𝝀 = 1150 nm. Additionally, we develop a high-performance non-halogenated-solvent-processed BHJ OPD utilizing a novel ultranarrow-bandgap NFA to achieve an exceptional EQE of ~20 % at λ = 1200 nm while retaining sub-μA.cm−2 dark current density level and D* > 3 × 1011 Jones over a broad spectrum of 400 – 1200 nm. This work emphasizes the importance of molecular design in optoelectronic devices.

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