Elsevier, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, (196), p. 245-251, 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.01.049
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The photosensing ability of two blue-absorbing dendrimers is presented. Bulk heterojunction photodetectors were fabricated by spin-coating a blend solution of quinquethiophene (pentathiophene) cored conjugated dendrimers and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM). The photoresponse characterized under monochromatic illumination at 442 nm increases linearly with a dynamic range of ∼105. The response approaches that required for spectral selectivity for camera applications, and the external quantum efficiency of the photodetectors reached up to 22.5% at 435 nm.