Insights into the Control of Optoelectronic Properties in Mixed-Stacking Charge-Transfer Complexes

Although cocrystallization has provided a promising platform to develop new organic optoelectronic materials, it is still a big challenge to purposely design and achieve specific optoelectronic properties. Herein, a series of mixed-stacking cocrystals (TMFA, TMCA, and TMTQ) were designed and synthesized, and the regulatory effects of the acceptors on the co-assembly behavior, charge-transfer nature, energy-level structures, and optoelectronic characteristics were systematically investigated. The results demonstrate that it is feasible to achieve effective charge-transport tuning and photoresponse switching by carefully regulating the intermolecular charge transfer and energy orbitals. The inherent mechanisms underlying the change in these optoelectronic behaviors were analyzed in depth and elucidated to provide clear guidelines for future development of new optoelectronic materials. In addition, due to the excellent photoresponsive characteristics of TMCA, TMCA-based phototransistors were investigated with varying light wavelength and optical power, and TMCA shows the best performance among all reported cocrystals under UV illumination.     

Investigation of light programmable non‐volatile memory in an organic phototransistor

Excellent non‐volatile memory characteristics have been demonstrated under the optoelectric conditions for organic phototransistors (OPTs). The high photosensitivity shown as reversible shifts in light‐induced V_TH exhibits a large memory window for programming caused by the excited immobile carriers (electron) trapped as a function of the electrical bias and the light intensity. The long life span of stored electrons also reveals promising behavior with respect to data retention as well as the electrical reliability to serve as a data storage medium with the non‐volatile memory characteristic in OPTs. The V_TH recovery accelerated by the reversible bias stress for the stored charges under irradiation shows that the erasing behavior is clearly brought by the discharge process of long‐lived electrons occupied in deep states. Plausible mechanisms in the energy band are discussed for the programming and erasing process, which provides a fundamental understanding of the intrinsic charge storage behavior in OPTs. (© 2015 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

High Performance Phototransistors of a Planar Conjugated Copolymer

A planar conjugated copolymer named HXS‐1 was applied in thin film phototransistors. Similar to organic field‐effect transistors using V_G to control the source‐drain current, in phototransistors, the light is used to substitute V_G as an independent variable to control the output of the transistors to realize light detection and signal magnification in a single organic device. All devices exhibited high performance with an on/off ratio up to 4.6 × 10⁴ (the highest on/off ratio of organic or polymer phototransistors), which could be assigned to i) the wide absorption features of HXS‐1 in the whole UV‐vis range, ii) the ideal HOMO energy level of HXS‐1 (5.21 eV) to align with Au electrodes (5.2 eV) and iii) the high mobility of the polymer thin films (∼0.06 cm²/Vs). Moreover, the devices, both under continuous operation conditions and long term measurement conditions, exhibited excellent stability, indicating potential applications of the devices in polymer‐based optoelectronics.

     

Organic optocouplers

Organic optocoupler(OOC) or organic photocoupler,optical coupler is a novel and one of the most promising organic optoelectronic devices for its well electrical isolation and anti-jamming ability in long-distance and real-time digital communications.The performance parameters of OOC were greatly raised during the past decade,and its development was strongly associated with basic organic devices such as organic light emitting diodes(OLED),organic photodiodes(OPD) and organic phototransistors(OPT) etc.Here we...     

二维分子晶体的研究进展

二维分子晶体具有超薄、长程有序、无晶界和缺陷密度低等优点,是构建多种高性能光电器件的理想材料.实现二维分子晶体的低成本、大面积制备是二维分子晶体走向应用的关键.目前,人们开发了多种方法,在气相和液相中实现了二维分子晶体的可控制备,并揭示了这类二维有机体系独特的光电性能.本文综述了二维分子晶体的制备方法及其在有机场效应晶体管和光探测器等器件中的应用.     

Spectral response modeling and analysis of p-n-p In_(0.53)Ga_(0.47)As/InP HPTs

We report our results on the modeling of the spectral response of the near-infrared(NIR) lattice-matched p-n-p In_(0.53)Ga_(0.47)As/InP heterojunction pbototransistors(HPTs).The spectral response model is developed from the solution of the steady state continuity equations that dominate the excess optically generated minority-carriers in the active regions of the HPTs with accurate boundary-conditions.In addition,a detailed optical-power absorption profile is constructed for the device modeling.The calculated responsivity is in good agreement with the measured one for the incident radiation at980 nm,1310 nm,and 1550 nm.Furthermore,the variation in the responsivity of the device with the base region width is analyzed.     

Organic single crystal phototransistors: Recent approaches and achievements

Organic phototransistors (OPTs), compared to traditional inorganic counterparts, have attracted a great deal of interest because of their inherent flexibility, light-weight, easy and low-cost fabrication, and are considered as potential candidates for next-generation wearable electronics. Currently, significant advances have been made in OPTs with the development of new organic semiconductors and optimization of device fabrication protocols. Among various types of OPTs, small molecule organic single crystal phototransistors (OSCPTs) standout because of their exciting features, such as long exciton diffusion length and high charge carrier mobility relative to organic thinfilm phototransistors. In this review, a brief introduction to device architectures, working mechanisms and figure of merits for OPTs is presented. We then overview recent approaches employed and achievements made for the development of OSCPTs. Finally, we spotlight potential future directions to tackle the existing challenges in this field and accelerate the advancement of OSCPTs towards practical applications.