Derek, Vedran; Głowacki, Eric Daniel; Sytnyk, Mykhailo; Heiss, Wolfgang; Marciuš, Marijan; Ristić, Mira; Ivanda, Mile; Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar (2015) Enhanced near-infrared response of nano- and microstructured silicon/organic hybrid photodetectors. Applied physics letters, 107 (8). 083302-1. ISSN 0003-6951
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Abstract
Heterojunctions between an organic semiconductor and silicon are an attractive route to extending the response of silicon photodiodes into the near infrared (NIR) range, up to 2000 nm. Silicon-based alternatives are of interest to replace expensive low band-gap materials, like InGaAs, in telecommunications and imaging applications. Herein, we report on the significant enhancement in NIR photodetector performance afforded by nano- and microstructuring of p-doped silicon (p-Si) prior to deposition of a layer of the organic semiconductor Tyrian Purple (TyP). We show how different silicon structuring techniques, namely, electrochemically grown porous Si, metal-assisted chemical etching, and finally micropyramids produced by anisotropic chemical etching (Si μP), are effective in increasing the NIR responsivity of p-Si/TyP heterojunction diodes. In all cases, the structured interfaces were found to give photodiodes with superior characteristics as compared with planar interface devices, providing up to 100-fold improvement in short-circuit photocurrent, corresponding with responsivity values of 1–5 mA/W in the range of 1.3–1.6 μm. Our measurements show this increased performance is neither correlated to optical effects, i.e., light trapping, nor simply to geometric surface area increase by micro- and nanostructuring. We conclude that the performance enhancement afforded by the structured p-Si/organic diodes is caused by a yet unresolved mechanism, possibly related to electric field enhancement near the sharp tips of the structured substrate. The observed responsivity of these devices places them closer to parity with other, well-established, Si-based NIR detection technologies.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Interface structure; Photoelectric conversion; Silicon; Telecommunications; Surface structure; Nano-silicon | ||||||||||||
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Atomic and Molecular Physics NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Condensed Matter Physics NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry > Physical Chemistry |
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| Divisions: | Division of Materials Physics | ||||||||||||
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| Depositing User: | Vedran Đerek | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2016 15:56 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/3144 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.4929841 |
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