Deep Ultraviolet Copper(I) Thiocyanate (CuSCN) Photodetectors Based on Coplanar Nanogap Electrodes Fabricated via Adhesion Lithography.
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Author(s)
Wyatt-Moon, Gwenhivir
Georgiadou, Dimitra G
Semple, James
Anthopoulos, Thomas D
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Adhesion lithography (a-Lith) is a versatile fabrication technique used to produce asymmetric coplanar electrodes separated by a <15 nm nanogap. Here, we use a-Lith to fabricate deep ultraviolet (DUV) photodetectors by combining coplanar asymmetric nanogap electrode architectures (Au/Al) with solution-processable wide-band-gap (3.5-3.9 eV) p-type semiconductor copper(I) thiocyanate (CuSCN). Because of the device's unique architecture, the detectors exhibit high responsivity (≈79 A W-1) and photosensitivity (≈720) when illuminated with a DUV-range (λpeak = 280 nm) light-emitting diode at 220 μW cm-2. Interestingly, the photosensitivity of the photodetectors remains fairly high (≈7) even at illuminating intensities down to 0.2 μW cm-2. The scalability of the a-Lith process combined with the unique properties of CuSCN paves the way to new forms of inexpensive, yet high-performance, photodetectors that can be manufactured on arbitrary substrate materials including plastic.
Date Issued
2017-12-06
Date Acceptance
2017-11-10
Citation
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017, 9 (48), pp.41965-41972
ISSN
1944-8244
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
41965
End Page
41972
Journal / Book Title
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume
9
Issue
48
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2017 American Chemical Society
Sponsor
Commission of the European Communities
Grant Number
706707
Subjects
coplanar electrodes
photodiode
photosensitivity
responsivity
solution-processed
Publication Status
Published