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US 12,256,632 · App. 17/765,131 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Organic optoelectronic devices based on a single-crystal PT complex

Inventors: Jr-Hau He (Thuwal, SA); Dharmaraj Periyanagounder (Thuwal, SA); Tzu-Chiao Wei (Thuwal, SA)
Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
H10K85/346H10K30/65H10K30/88
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Patent No.
US 12,256,632
App. No.
17/765,131
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photodetection device is configured to detect light and the photodetection device includes a substrate having a largest surface; a dielectric formed over the largest surface of the substrate; a first metallic electrode formed on the dielectric; a second metallic electrode formed on the dielectric, at a given distance from the first metallic electrode, to form a channel; and a single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex located in the channel.

Claims (35)

1. A photodetection device configured to detect light, the photodetection device comprising:

a substrate having a largest surface;

a dielectric formed over the largest surface of the substrate;

a first metallic electrode formed on the dielectric;

a second metallic electrode formed on the dielectric, at a given distance from the first metallic electrode, to form a channel; and

a single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex located in the channel.

2. The photodetection device of claim 1 , wherein the single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex has a lamellar structure, and wherein the single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex is arranged in the channel so that the lamellar structure extends parallel to the largest surface of the substrate.

3. The photodetection device of claim 2 , wherein, a charge mobility of 0.45 cm 2 V −1 s −1 is obtained for a threshold voltage of 1.12 V.

4. The photodetection device of claim 2 , wherein, a photo-response of 1000 A W −1 is obtained for 5 V bias.

5. The photodetection device of claim 2 , an ON/OFF switching ratio of 16 is obtained for zero bias.

6. The photodetection device of claim 2 , wherein, a temporal response of the photocurrent is 80 μs, and a recovery time is 90 μs.

7. The photodetection device of claim 2 , wherein, a photocurrent varies as a sine wave with a polarization angle of an incoming polarized light.

8. The photodetection device of claim 1 , wherein platinum atoms in the lamellar structure are arranged to face each other to form a chain.

9. The photodetection device of claim 1 , wherein the single-crystal includes two monomers that form a dimer, and the two monomers are identical and each monomer includes two N atoms, one Pt atom, two Br atoms and six F atoms.

10. The photodetection device of claim 9 , wherein each monomer of the dimer extends in a corresponding plane, and the corresponding planes are parallel to each other.

11. The photodetection device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a gate electrode formed on the substrate, opposite to the first and second metallic electrodes.

12. The photodetection device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an encapsulation layer formed over the first and second metallic electrodes and the single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex.

13. The photodetection device of claim 12 , further comprising:

a gate electrode formed over the encapsulation layer.

14. A phototransistor comprising:

a substrate having a largest surface;

a dielectric layer formed over the largest surface of the substrate;

a first metallic electrode formed on the dielectric;

a second metallic electrode formed on the dielectric, at a given distance from the first metallic electrode, to form a channel;

a single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex located in the channel; and

a gate electrode formed to face the single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex through a dielectric material.

15. The phototransistor of claim 14 , wherein the single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex has a lamellar structure, and wherein the single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum (II) diimine complex is arranged in the channel so that the lamellar structure extends parallel to the largest surface of the substrate.

16. The phototransistor of claim 15 , wherein, a charge mobility of 0.45 cm 2 V −1 s −1 is obtained for a threshold voltage of 1.12 V, a photo-response of 1000 A W −1 is obtained for 5 V bias, an ON/OFF switching ratio of 16 is obtained for zero bias, and a temporal response of the photocurrent is 80 μm, and a recovery time is 90 μm.

17. The phototransistor of claim 14 , wherein the single-crystal includes two monomers that form a dimer, and the two monomers are identical and each monomer includes two N atoms, one Pt atom, two Br atoms and six F atoms.

18. The phototransistor of claim 14 , wherein the gate electrode is formed on the substrate, opposite the dielectric layer.

19. The phototransistor of claim 14 , further comprising:

an encapsulation layer formed to cover the first and second metallic electrodes and the single-crystal linear-chain polyfluorinated dibromo-platinum(II) diimine complex.

20. The phototransistor of claim 19 , wherein the gate electrode is formed directly on the encapsulation layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2022
From: HE, JR-HAU; PERIYANAGOUNDER, DHARMARAJ; WEI, TZU-CHIAO
To: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 059751/0606 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62908683 · Oct 1, 2019
Related Publication 20220359837A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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