BARC/PUB/2014/1172

 
 

An efficient fast response and high-gain solar-blind flexible ultraviolet photodetector employing hybrid geometry

 
     
 
Author(s)

Hussain, A. A.; Pal, A. R.; Patil, D. S.
(L&PTD)

Source

Applied Physics Letters, 2014. Vol. 104 (19): pp. 193301.1-193301.4

ABSTRACT

We report high performance flexible hybrid ultraviolet photodetector with solar-blind sensitivity using nanocomposite film of plasma polymerized aniline-titanium dioxide. A facile solvent-free plasma technique is used to synthesize superior quality hybrid material with high yield. The hybrid photodetector exhibited high photoconductive gain of the order of ~105 and fast speed with response and recovery time of 22.87 ms and 34.23 ms. This is an excellent result towards getting a balance in the response speed and photoconductive gain trade-off of the photodetectors reported so far. In addition, the device has the advantages of enhanced photosensitivity ((Ilight Idark)/Idark) of the order of ~102 and high responsivity of ~104AW-1. All the merits substantiates that, to prepare hybrid material, plasma based method holds potential to be an easy way for realizing large scale nanostructured photodetectors for practical applications.

 
 
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