Large-area low-noise flexible organic photodiodes for detecting faint visible light

Abstract

Although the high performance and low cost of visible light silicon photodetectors suffice for most applications, their small size and rigid nature are not optimal for applications such as wearable sensors. Organic photodetectors can be flexible and large in area but are often noisy. Fuentes-Hernandez et al. found that optimized choices of the semiconductor and electrode materials that improve diode characteristics enable organic photodetectors that can detect low light levels with low noise.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Nov 06, 2020
Source ID
10.1126/science.aba2624

Entities

People

  • Bernard Kippelen
  • Canek Fuentes-Hernandez
  • Felipe A. Larrain
  • Julia Lukens
  • Larissa Diniz
  • Talha M. Khan
  • Victor A Rodriguez-Toro
  • Wen-Fang Chou

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences
  • Georgia Tech
  • National Nuclear Security Administration
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems