Photoresponse Of Organic Field-Effect Transistors Based On Soluble Semiconductors And Dielectrics
AbstractPhotoactive organic field-effect transistors, photOFETs, based on a conjugated polymer/fullerene blend, MDMO-PPV: PCBM (1:4), and polymeric dielectrics as polyvinylalcohol (PVA) or divinyltetramethyldisiloxane-bis(benzocyclobutene) (BCB) with top source and drain electrodes were fabricated and characterized in dark and under AM1.5 illumination. With LiF/Al as top source and drain contacts the devices feature n-type transistor behavior in dark with electron mobility of 10-2cm2/Vs. Under illumination, a large free carrier concentration from photo-induced charge transfer at the polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction (photodoping) is created. The device performance was studied with different illumination intensities and showed to be strongly influenced by the nature of the organic dielectric/organic semiconductor interface resulting in phototransistor behavior in BCB-based photOFETs and in phototransistor or photoresistor behavior for PVA-based photOFETs.