High photosensitivity with enhanced photoelectrical contribution in hybrid nanocomposite flexible UV photodetector
By Hussain, Amreen A.; Pal, Arup R. & Patil, Dinkar S.
Published in Organic Electronics
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2014
Abstract
To devise a reliable strategy to develop an ultraviolet (UV) sensitive hybrid photodetector, plasma process is utilized as a single step method for production of large area nanocomposite films based on plasma polymerized aniline -titanium dioxide (PPani -TiO2). The synthesis of PPani -TiO2 nanocomposite films are made using reactive magnetron sputtering in combination with plasma polymerization. The deposited PPani -TiO2 nanocomposite films are characterized and discussed in terms of structural, optical and electrochemical properties. A hybrid flexible nanostructured UV photodetector is constructed from PPani -TiO2 nanocomposite and its optoelectronic properties are evaluated which exhibits a greatly enhanced photosensitivity resulting in high photoconductive gain (G = 4.56 × 104) and high responsivity (R = 9.36 × 103 AW-1) under UV illumination of 254 nm. The flexible devices are successfully operated under bending up to 170° (bending radius, R = 8 mm) and showed a good folding strength and stability. The proposed plasma based method provides a green technology where the self-assembly of molecules, that is, the spontaneous association of atomic or molecular building blocks under plasma environment, emerge as a successful strategy to form well-defined structural and morphological units of nanometer dimensions.
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