Abstract

AbstractWe have demonstrated a simple near‐infrared (NIR) photodetector (PD) based on charge transfer complex (CTC) formed in molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) doped N,N′‐di(naphthalene‐1‐yl)‐N,N′‐diphenyl‐benzidine (NPB), which shows a photocurrent of about 0.35 A/cm2 at –3 V under 980 nm illumination. The existence of CTC formation promotes photocurrent generation which is investigated by comparison with MoO3 doped 2‐methyl‐9,10‐di(2‐naphthyl)anthracene (MADN) film which has no CTC absorption. It can be evolved that this kind of simple‐structure photodetector has potential application in the near‐infrared (NIR) detection area. It is shown in this Letter that although both MoO3 and NPB have larger energy gaps of about 3 eV and weak absorption in the NIR region, the charge transfer complexes formed by mixing the two materials show an extra absorption band and good photoelectric response in the NIR region.magnified image(© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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