Enhancing the Performance of Organic Phototransistors Based on Oriented Floating Films of P3HT Assisted by Al-Island Deposition

The fabrication of high-performance Organic Phototransistors (OPTs) by depositing Al-islands atop Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) thin film coated using the unidirectional floating-film transfer method (UFTM) has been realized. Further, the effect of Al-island thickness on the OPTs’ performance has been intensively investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray Diffraction, Atomic force microscopy and UV-Vis spectroscopy analysis. Under the optimized conditions, OPTs’ mobility and on–off ratio were found to be 2 × 10(−2) cm(2) V(−1) s(−1) and 3 × 10(4), respectively. Further, the device exhibited high photosensitivity of 10(5), responsivity of 339 A/W, detectivity of 3 × 10(14) Jones, and external quantum efficiency of 7.8 × 10(3)% when illuminated with a 525 nm LED laser (0.3 mW/cm(2)).