Nature Nanotechnology, volume 4, issue 1, pages 40-44

Fast, sensitive and spectrally tuneable colloidal-quantum-dot photodetectors

Jason P Clifford 1
Gerasimos Konstantatos 1
Keith W Johnston 1
Sjoerd Hoogland 1
Larissa Levina 1
Edward H Sargent 1
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2008-11-09
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Impact factor38.3
ISSN17483387, 17483395
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
General Materials Science
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Bioengineering
Biomedical Engineering
Abstract
Solution-processed semiconductors are compatible with a range of substrates, which enables their direct integration with organic circuits1,2, microfluidics3,4, optical circuitry1,5 and commercial microelectronics. Ultrasensitive photodetectors based on solution-process colloidal quantum dots operating in both the visible and infrared have been demonstrated6,7, but these devices have poor response times (on the scale of seconds) to changes in illumination, and rapid-response devices based on a photodiode architecture suffer from low sensitivity8. Here, we show that the temporal response of these devices is determined by two components—electron drift, which is a fast process, and electron diffusion, which is a slow process. By building devices that exclude the diffusion component, we are able to demonstrate a >1,000-fold improvement in the sensitivity–bandwidth product of tuneable colloidal-quantum-dot photodiodes operating in the visible and infrared6,7,8. Previous photodetectors based on solution-processed colloidal quantum dots have demonstrated either rapid response times or high sensitivity. Researchers have now taken advantage of new insights into charge transport in these devices to build photodiodes that offer both rapid response times and high sensitivity.

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Clifford J. P. et al. Fast, sensitive and spectrally tuneable colloidal-quantum-dot photodetectors // Nature Nanotechnology. 2008. Vol. 4. No. 1. pp. 40-44.
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Clifford J. P., Konstantatos G., Johnston K. W., Hoogland S., Levina L., Sargent E. H. Fast, sensitive and spectrally tuneable colloidal-quantum-dot photodetectors // Nature Nanotechnology. 2008. Vol. 4. No. 1. pp. 40-44.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1038/nnano.2008.313
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.313
TI - Fast, sensitive and spectrally tuneable colloidal-quantum-dot photodetectors
T2 - Nature Nanotechnology
AU - Clifford, Jason P
AU - Konstantatos, Gerasimos
AU - Johnston, Keith W
AU - Hoogland, Sjoerd
AU - Levina, Larissa
AU - Sargent, Edward H
PY - 2008
DA - 2008/11/09 00:00:00
PB - Springer Nature
SP - 40-44
IS - 1
VL - 4
SN - 1748-3387
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@article{2008_Clifford,
author = {Jason P Clifford and Gerasimos Konstantatos and Keith W Johnston and Sjoerd Hoogland and Larissa Levina and Edward H Sargent},
title = {Fast, sensitive and spectrally tuneable colloidal-quantum-dot photodetectors},
journal = {Nature Nanotechnology},
year = {2008},
volume = {4},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {nov},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.313},
number = {1},
pages = {40--44},
doi = {10.1038/nnano.2008.313}
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Clifford, Jason P., et al. “Fast, sensitive and spectrally tuneable colloidal-quantum-dot photodetectors.” Nature Nanotechnology, vol. 4, no. 1, Nov. 2008, pp. 40-44. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.313.
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