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Solution-Processed Organic Photodetector Using Hafnium Oxide as an Electron Blocking Layer
1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742, Korea.
Abstract:
Organic photodetector (OPD) performance is affected significantly by leakage current. In this study, to decrease OPD leakage current, we introduced hafnium oxide as an electron blocking material, using a solution fabrication process. We fabricated an OPD consisting of ITO/HfO₂/PCHT:PC60BM/Yb/Al, and measured its J-V characteristics, external quantum efficiency, and transient photocurrents. We found that the thickness of the hafnium oxide layer affected the detectivity of the prepared OPD. In particular, a device having an ultrathin hafnium oxide film (5.5 nm thick) exhibited a high on-off current ratio of up to 2.26 × 105 at -1 V, which is two times higher than that of a device having a PEDOT:PSS electron blocking layer.
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