PCDTBT:PCBM:CdSe Tetrapod Shaped Nanocrystals Hybrid Nanocomposites Based UV-Visible Photodetectors

This letter reports a PCDTBT: PCBM: CdSe tetrapod shaped nanocrystals (NCs) nanocomposites based hybrid inorganic-organic ultraviolet (UV)-Visible (Vis) photodetector fabricated on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass substrate. The tetrapod shaped nanocrystals synthesized by solution method are mixed with PCDTBT: PCBM to achieve the desired nanocomposites for the active layer of the device. The ZnO nanorods are used as the electron transport layer (ETL) and a MoOx layer is used for the hole transport layer (HTL) in the proposed device. Under a reverse bias of -2 V, the proposed device showed a responsivity of 1830 mAW(-1) (344 mAW(-1)), detectivity of 1.75 x 10(12) (3.3 x 10(11)) Jones, a rise time of 5.73s (0.02 s) and fall time of 6.41s (0.14 s) at 375 nm (540 nm) UV (Visible) light of 13.1 mu Wcm(-2) (41.2 mu Wcm(-2)) low light intensity.

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This study presents a hybrid organic-inorganic UV-Visible photodetector based on PCDTBT: PCBM: CdSe tetrapod-shaped nanocrystals nanocomposites, with FTO-coated glass substrate. The device exhibits high responsivity and detectivity, suitable for low light intensity UV and visible light.