Flexible Phototransistors on Paper: Scalable Fabrication of PEDOT:PSS Devices Using a Pen Plotter

Phototransistors are used in plenty of diverse applications such as optical communication systems, light sensors, imaging devices, and biomedical instruments for detecting and amplifying light signals. Herein, an approach for the large-scale production of low-cost and flexible phototransistors by in...

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Autores: Sözen, Yiğit, Ersu, Gulsum, Pucher, Thomas, Quereda, Jorge, Castellanos-Gómez, Andrés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/376978
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/376978
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85204028260&doi=10.1002%2fsmsc.202400063&partnerID=40&md5=3c40d391082701531f288f9c6376e3f0
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:organic semiconductor
paper-based electronics
PEDOT:PSS
Photodetector
phototransistor
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Sumario:Phototransistors are used in plenty of diverse applications such as optical communication systems, light sensors, imaging devices, and biomedical instruments for detecting and amplifying light signals. Herein, an approach for the large-scale production of low-cost and flexible phototransistors by integrating the inks of PEDOT:PSS, and graphite with paper, which serves as an ionic conductor material to gate the PEDOT:PSS channel, is proposed. The fabrication of the devices is carried out by sequentially depositing the PEDOT:PSS channel and graphite electrodes onto paper using a benchtop XY plotter. To characterize device-to-device variability, 200 devices are fabricated and their electrical and optical properties are statistically analyzed. By performing a detailed characterization on the optical properties under varying wavelength, power, and bias conditions, it is found that devices exhibit good photoresponse across a wide spectrum range. Moreover, devices maintain their photoactive characteristics even when