Near-infrared(NIR)organic photodetectors(OPDs)are promising in flexible electronic and imaging sensor applications.However,high-performance NIR-II OPDs with photoresponse wavelength beyond 1000 nm are rare due to the ...Near-infrared(NIR)organic photodetectors(OPDs)are promising in flexible electronic and imaging sensor applications.However,high-performance NIR-II OPDs with photoresponse wavelength beyond 1000 nm are rare due to the lack of narrow bandgap molecular acceptors.In this work,an A-D-A′-D-Atype molecular acceptor with an onset absorption wavelength of 1150 nm was developed.Its narrow bandgap was benefited by the balanced resonance of the boron-nitrogen covalent bond(B–N)and boron-nitrogen coordination bond(B←N)in thienyl-fused 4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene(BODIPY)unit,as well as the strong intramolecular charge transfer(ICT)effect.The molecule showed a strong NIR absorption with an absorption peak at 1019 nm and an optical bandgap as low as 1.07 eV.Using the molecule as an electron acceptor in OPD device fabrication,a wide photoresponse wavelength range of 300 to∼1150 nm was achieved.At bias of−0.1 V,the device showed a low dark current density of 4.59×10^(−8) A cm^(−2) and high responsivity of 0.29 A W^(−1) at 970 nm,achieving a high peak specific detectivity of 2.39×1012 Jones and remaining a high specific detectivity of 1.59×10^(12) Jones at 1064 nm.These results demonstrate a feasible design of ultra-narrow bandgap molecular acceptors based on BODIPY unit induction of highly sensitive NIR-II OPDs.展开更多
基金the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant no.22135007)the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province,China(grant no.20230101122JC).
文摘Near-infrared(NIR)organic photodetectors(OPDs)are promising in flexible electronic and imaging sensor applications.However,high-performance NIR-II OPDs with photoresponse wavelength beyond 1000 nm are rare due to the lack of narrow bandgap molecular acceptors.In this work,an A-D-A′-D-Atype molecular acceptor with an onset absorption wavelength of 1150 nm was developed.Its narrow bandgap was benefited by the balanced resonance of the boron-nitrogen covalent bond(B–N)and boron-nitrogen coordination bond(B←N)in thienyl-fused 4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene(BODIPY)unit,as well as the strong intramolecular charge transfer(ICT)effect.The molecule showed a strong NIR absorption with an absorption peak at 1019 nm and an optical bandgap as low as 1.07 eV.Using the molecule as an electron acceptor in OPD device fabrication,a wide photoresponse wavelength range of 300 to∼1150 nm was achieved.At bias of−0.1 V,the device showed a low dark current density of 4.59×10^(−8) A cm^(−2) and high responsivity of 0.29 A W^(−1) at 970 nm,achieving a high peak specific detectivity of 2.39×1012 Jones and remaining a high specific detectivity of 1.59×10^(12) Jones at 1064 nm.These results demonstrate a feasible design of ultra-narrow bandgap molecular acceptors based on BODIPY unit induction of highly sensitive NIR-II OPDs.