Fabrication and characteristics of polyfluorene based organic photodetectors using fullerene derivatives

Abstract The characteristics of organic photodetectors (OPDs) by solution process using one of the polyfluorene derivatives poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-bithiophene) (F8T2) and two fullerene derivatives [6-6]phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) or N-Ts aziridinofullerene (TsAF) are investigated. F8T2:PCBM devices showed good rectifying characteristics in a dark state and photosensitive characteristics, and fast frequency responses. Weight ratio of 1:1 device showed larger photocurrent than 1:4 device and obtained over 50 MHz of cutoff frequency under reverse bias voltage of 10 V. This result suggests that F8T2:PCBM device can be applied to a photodetector for detecting several tens of megahertz optical signals under blue light irradiation. The polarity of J – V characteristics of F8T2:fullerene derivative device is strongly affected by charge injection and extraction between fullerene derivative and electrodes.

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