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- Title
A synergistic assembly of nanoscale lamellar photoconductor hybrids.
- Authors
Sofos, Marina; Goldberger, Joshua; Stone, David A.; Allen, Jonathan E.; Qing Ma; Herman, David J.; Wei-Wen Tsai; Lauhon, Lincoln J.; Stupp, Samuel I.
- Abstract
Highly ordered nanostructured organic/inorganic hybrids offer chemical tunability, novel functionalities and enhanced performance over their individual components. Hybrids of complementary p-type organic and n-type inorganic components have attracted interest in optoelectronics, where high-efficiency devices with minimal cost are desired. We demonstrate here self-assembly of a lamellar hybrid containing periodic and alternating 1-nm-thick sheets of polycrystalline ZnO separated by 2–3 nm layers of conjugated molecules, directly onto an electrode. Initially the electrodeposited inorganic is Zn(OH)2, but π–π interactions among conjugated molecules stabilize synergistically the periodic nanostructure as it converts to ZnO at 150 ∘C. As photoconductors, normalized detectivities (D*) greater than 2×1010 Jones, photocurrent gains of 120 at 1.2 V μm−1 and dynamic ranges greater than 60 dB are observed on selective excitation of the organic. These are among the highest values measured for organic, hybrid and amorphous silicon, making them technologically competitive as low-power, wavelength-tunable, flexible and environmentally benign photoconductors.
- Subjects
MARCASITE; HYBRID power; POWER resources; COST effectiveness; PHOTONICS; PHOTODIODES
- Publication
Nature Materials, 2009, Vol 8, Issue 1, p68
- ISSN
1476-1122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nmat2336