Applied Physics Letters, volume 85, issue 11, pages 2089-2091
Photoconductivity from PbS-nanocrystal∕semiconducting polymer composites for solution-processible, quantum-size tunableinfrared photodetectors
S.A. McDonald
1
,
P W Cyr
1
,
L Levina
1
,
E. H. Sargent
1
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2004-09-13
Journal:
Applied Physics Letters
scimago Q1
SJR: 0.976
CiteScore: 6.4
Impact factor: 3.5
ISSN: 00036951, 10773118
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Abstract
We report photoconductivity at infrared wavelengths, 975–1300nm, from a polymer∕nanocrystal quantum dot composite. Biased films of the conjugated polymer poly[2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy-p-phenylenevinylene)] (MEH-PPV) sensitized with PbS nanocrystals (∼5nm diameter) demonstrate photocurrent at wavelengths beyond the response of the polymer and corresponding to the absorption of the nanocrystals. The photocurrent is attributed to absorption in the nanocrystals with subsequent hole transfer to the polymer and had an internal quantum efficiency of ∼5×10−6to∼10−5charges∕photon at 5V bias.
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