Copper (II) Phthalocyanine based Organic Field-Effect Transistors for UV Photo-detection

Abstract: Organic phototransistors (OPTs) were fabricated from pentacene and copper phthalocyanine (CuPC) based on the geometry of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs); and the effect of the wavelength of the incident light source on their performance was examined High performance OFETs with pentacene and CuPC were fabricated and the characteristics of the OPTs were examined under UV and visible-light irradiations with top illumination The CuPC and pentacene OPTs show a high responsivities of 05–2 and 10–50A∕W and maximum IPh∕IDark of 3000 and 13×105, respectively, under 365nm UV light However, under visible light, at a wavelength of 650nm, the pentacene OPTs had 100 times less responsivity, 015–045A∕W, and a IPh∕IDark of 1000, even though an absorption coefficient three times larger was observed at this wavelength than at 365nm A strong correlation was found between the performance of the OPTs and the incident photon to current conversion efficiency spectra of an organic semiconductor The strong depen

Abstract: We report highly photosensitive organic phototransistors (OPTs) based on a 2,5-bis-biphenyl-4-yl-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (BPTT). The measured maximum sensitivity and the ratio of photocurrent to dark current (Iph∕Idark) in BPTT OPTs were 82A∕W and 2.0×105 under 380nm UV light with 1.55mW∕cm2, respectively. The prepared OPTs show a photocurrent response similar to the absorption spectrum of BPTT. The major mechanisms for photocurrent amplification in this device were verified from experimental results as photovoltaic (turn-on) and photocurrent effect (turn-off) by a fitting to theoretic equations.

Abstract: A uniform ultrathin polymer film is deposited over a large area with molecularlevel precision by the simple wire-wound bar-coating method. The bar-coated ultrathin films not only exhibit high transparency of up to 90% in the visible wavelength range but also high charge carrier mobility with a high degree of percolation through the uniformly covered polymer nanofibrils. They are capable of realizing highly sensitive multigas sensors and represent the first successful report of ethylene detection using a sensor based on organic field-effect transistors.

Abstract: Ammonia (NH 3 ) gas sensors based on organic field-effect transistor (OFET) using poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) blended with polystyrene (PS) as a semiconductor layer were fabricated. An optimized composition of 1.6 wt% P3HT in PS matrix exhibited the best performance to various concentrations of NH 3 , which is comparable to that of pure P3HT (8 wt%). The results showed the percentage responses of saturation current were 52% and 16% under 50 ppm and 5 ppm NH 3 , respectively. Also, it showed that there was a remarkable shift in the field-effect mobility after exposed to NH 3 gas. By analyzing the morphologies of blend films and the electrical characteristics of OFET sensors, it was found that the film of P3HT blended with PS has more interface to interact with NH 3 , resulting in more efficient detection to NH 3 even in the range of low concentration. Besides, the PS matrix would prevent the gas from diffusing into the semiconductor/dielectric interface directly, which was beneficial to the selectivity of P3HT/PS blend OFET sensor. Moreover, the sensing property was related to the solvents and molecular weight of PS. In addition, the environmental stability of OFET sensors was measured after storing the sensors under ambient atmosphere for 40 days, and the device with the blend semiconducting layer exhibited the superior stability.

Abstract: The optical absorption of thermally evaporated copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) was studied in the UV-VIS-NIR region. The absorption spectra recorded in the UV-VIS region show two well-defined absorption bands of the phthalocyanine molecules, namely, the Soret ( B ) and the Q -band . The Q -band shows its characteristic splitting (Davydov splitting) of the main absorption peak in the metal phthalocyanine correlates with the relative tendencies of the metal to out-of-plane bonding. Some of the important spectral characteristics such as the molar extinction coefficient (e molar ), the oscillator strength ( f) , the electric dipole strength ( q 2 ) and absorption half-bandwidth (Δ λ ) of the principle optical transitions were evaluated. The analysis of the spectral behavior of the absorption coefficient α in the absorption region revealed two indirect allowed transitions with corresponding energies 2.95±0.03 and 1.55±0.02 eV. The spectra of the infrared absorption allow characterization of vibration modes for the powder, as-deposited material and thin films of CuPc annealed at 423 K for two hours. Discussion of the obtained results and their comparison with the previous published data are also given.