Large-area flexible colloidal-quantum-dot infrared photodiodes for photoplethysmogram signal measurements

[Display omitted] Epitaxially grown photodiodes are the foundation of infrared photodetection technology; however, their rigid structure and limited area scaling limit their use in advanced applications. Colloidal-quantum-dot (CQD) infrared photodiodes have increased active areas through solution pr...

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Published in:Science bulletin (Beijing) 2023-04, Vol.68 (7), p.698-705
Main Authors: Liang, Xinyi, Liu, Yuxuan, Liu, Peilin, Yang, Junrui, Liu, Jing, Yang, Yang, Wang, Bo, Hu, Jun, Zhang, Linxiang, Yang, Gaoyuan, Lu, Shuaicheng, Liang, Guijie, Lan, Xinzheng, Zhang, Jianbing, Gao, Liang, Tang, Jiang
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Language:English
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Colloidal quantum dots
Flexible
Infrared photodiode
Large-area
Photoplethysmogram
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Summary:[Display omitted] Epitaxially grown photodiodes are the foundation of infrared photodetection technology; however, their rigid structure and limited area scaling limit their use in advanced applications. Colloidal-quantum-dot (CQD) infrared photodiodes have increased active areas through solution processing, and are thus potential candidates for large-area flexible photodetection, but these large-area photodiodes have disadvantages such as large dark current density, poor homogeneity, and poor stability. Therefore, this study established a fabrication strategy for large-area flexible CQD photodiodes that involves introducing polyimide to CQD ink to improve CQD passivation, monodisperse ink persistence, and film morphology. The resulting CQD photodiodes exhibited reduced dark current density and improved homogeneity and work stability. Furthermore, the as-prepared photodiodes exhibited a detectivity (D*) of greater than 1013 Jones, which was higher than other reported CQD photodetectors. The CQD photodiodes developed in this study can be used for wearable photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal measurement under ambient light at reduced cost and power consumption.
ISSN:2095-9273
DOI:10.1016/j.scib.2023.03.016