Spectrally Switchable Photodetection with Near-Infrared-Absorbing Covalent Organic Frameworks

Most covalent organic frameworks (COFs) to date are made from relatively small aromatic subunits, which can only absorb the high-energy part of the visible spectrum. We have developed near-infrared-absorbing low bandgap COFs by incorporating donor-acceptor-type isoindigo- and thienoisoindigo-based building blocks. The new materials are intensely colored solids with a high degree of long-range order and a pseudo-quadratic pore geometry. Growing the COF as a vertically oriented thin film allows for the construction of an ordered interdigitated heterojunction through infiltration with a complementary semiconductor. Applying a thienoisoindigo-COF:fullerene heterojunction as the photoactive component, we realized the first COF-based UV- to NIR-responsive photodetector. We found that the spectral response of the device is reversibly switchable between blue- and red-sensitive, and green- and NIR-responsive. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that such nearly complete inversion of spectral sensitivity of a photodetector has been achieved. This effect could lead to potential applications in information technology or spectral imaging.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:139

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Journal of the American Chemical Society - 139(2017), 34 vom: 30. Aug., Seite 12035-12042

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bessinger, Derya [VerfasserIn]
Ascherl, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Auras, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Bein, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.05.2018

Date Revised 25.02.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/jacs.7b06599

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM275021548