Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Reverse dark current in organic photodetectors and the major role of traps as source of noise

  • Jonas Kublitski,
  • Andreas Hofacker,
  • Bahman K. Boroujeni,
  • Johannes Benduhn,
  • Vasileios C. Nikolis,
  • Christina Kaiser,
  • Donato Spoltore,
  • Hans Kleemann,
  • Axel Fischer,
  • Frank Ellinger,
  • Koen Vandewal,
  • Karl Leo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20856-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The suppression of dark current in organic photodetectors (OPDs) is important for maximizing the performance of the devices. Here, the authors report the relationship between the high dark saturation current and the presence of mid-gap trap states in OPDs with a donor–acceptor structure.