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Monolayer Organic Field-Effect Phototransistors: Photophysical Characterization and Modeling

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Peer-reviewed

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Conference Object

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Authors

Bakulin, AA 

Abstract

Оrganic field-effect transistors (OFET) can combine photodetection and light amplification and, for example, work as phototransistors. Such organic phototransistors can be used in light-controlled switches and amplifiers, detection circuits, and sensors of ultrasensitive images. In this work, we present photophysical characterization of well-defined ultrathin organic field-effect devices with a semiconductive channel based on Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer film. We observe clear generation of photocurrent under illumination with a modulated laser at 405 nm. The increase of photocurrent with the optical modulation frequency indicates the presence of defect states serving as traps for photogenerated carriers and/or the saturation of charge concentration in the thin active layer. We also propose a simple one-dimensional numerical model of a photosensitive OFET. The model is based on the Poisson, current continuity and drift-diffusion equations allows future evaluation of the photocurrent generation mechanism in the studied systems.

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Keywords

field-effect transistors, organic semiconductor, photocurrent generation

Journal Title

Proceedings of SPIE Organic Photovoltaics XVII

Conference Name

SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2016

Journal ISSN

0277-786X
1996-756X

Volume Title

9942

Publisher

SPIE
Sponsorship
JZ wants to thank China Scholarship Council for supporting PhD studies. AAB is Royal Society University Research Fellow. The research was supported by UK-Russia International Collaborations Grant by Royal Society (IE150071) and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (15-53-10070 KO_а).