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Storage of an electric field for photocurrent generation in ferroelectric-functionalized organic devices

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  • Laigui Hu

    (Nagoya University
    Zhejiang University of Technology)

  • Simon Dalgleish

    (Nagoya University)

  • Michio M. Matsushita

    (Nagoya University)

  • Hirofumi Yoshikawa

    (Nagoya University)

  • Kunio Awaga

    (Nagoya University
    CREST, JST, Nagoya University)

Abstract

Organic optoelectronic devices are usually driven by the electric field generated from an electrode potential difference or bias voltage. Although poled ferroelectric domains may produce oriented stray fields, few efforts have been made to utilize them for photocurrent generation in organic devices. Here we show that large net fields caused by incomplete screening during ferroelectric polarization, and which can be ‘restored’ by short voltage pulses, can facilitate exciton dissociation in organic semiconductors. The oriented fields, comparable with that produced by an electrode potential difference (1~10 MV m−1), here are found to be responsible for the photocurrent in our devices. A prototype for an organic photodetector driven by such stray fields is demonstrated. The photoresponsivity, without any optimization, can achieve ~0.1 mA W−1. This study provides a different operation principle for the generation of photocurrent in organic optoelectronic devices. Furthermore, the polarity-tunable photoresponse may lead to new photoresponsive memory devices.

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  • Laigui Hu & Simon Dalgleish & Michio M. Matsushita & Hirofumi Yoshikawa & Kunio Awaga, 2014. "Storage of an electric field for photocurrent generation in ferroelectric-functionalized organic devices," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-8, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms4279
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4279
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