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Octupole moment driven free charge generation in partially chlorinated subphthalocyanine for planar heterojunction organic photodetectors

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  • Aniket Rana

    (Imperial College London)

  • Song Yi Park

    (Imperial College London
    Pukyong National University)

  • Chiara Labanti

    (Imperial College London)

  • Feifei Fang

    (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu)

  • Sungyoung Yun

    (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu)

  • Yifan Dong

    (Imperial College London
    National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Emily J. Yang

    (Imperial College London)

  • Davide Nodari

    (Imperial College London)

  • Nicola Gasparini

    (Imperial College London)

  • Jeong–Il Park

    (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu)

  • Jisoo Shin

    (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu)

  • Daiki Minami

    (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)

  • Kyung-Bae Park

    (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu)

  • Ji-Seon Kim

    (Imperial College London)

  • James R. Durrant

    (Imperial College London
    Swansea University)

Abstract

In this study, high-performance organic photodetectors are presented which utilize a pristine chlorinated subphthalocyanine photoactive layer. Optical and optoelectronic analyses indicate that the device photocurrent is primarily generated through direct charge generation within the chlorinated subphthalocyanine layer, rather than exciton separation at layer interfaces. Molecular modelling suggests that this direct charge generation is facilitated by chlorinated subphthalocyanine high octupole moment (−80 DÅ2), which generates a 200 meV shift in molecular energetics. Increasing the thickness of chlorinated subphthalocyanine leads to faster response time, correlated with a decrease in trap density. Notably, photodetectors with a 50 nm thick chlorinated subphthalocyanine photoactive layer exhibit detectivities approaching 1013 Jones, with a dark current below 10−7 A cm−2 up to −5 V. Based on these findings, we conclude that high octupole moment molecular semiconductors are promising materials for high-performance organic photodetectors employing single-component photoactive layer.

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  • Aniket Rana & Song Yi Park & Chiara Labanti & Feifei Fang & Sungyoung Yun & Yifan Dong & Emily J. Yang & Davide Nodari & Nicola Gasparini & Jeong–Il Park & Jisoo Shin & Daiki Minami & Kyung-Bae Park &, 2024. "Octupole moment driven free charge generation in partially chlorinated subphthalocyanine for planar heterojunction organic photodetectors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-49169-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49169-1
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