Abstract
A photodiode with planar heterojunction was fabricated using copper (II) phthalocyanine (CuPc) organic semiconductor and zinc oxide (ZnO) inorganic nanoparticles (NPs, ∼5 nm). The current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of ITO/ZnO NPs/CuPc/Ag device in dark and under illumination with a solar simulator were investigated in detail. The measurement results showed that the device exhibited good rectifying behavior in dark and under illumination. A rectification ratio (RR) of 15.44 at 1.95 V was achieved for the device under 100 mW/cm 2 illumination power. Also, the RR of the device as a function of light intensity was observed. The photoresponsive mechanism of the photodiode was illuminated in term of its energy band diagram.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1278-1282 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Current Applied Physics |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Illumination
- Photodiode
- Planar heterojunction structure
- Rectification ratio
- ZnO nanoparticles