Advances in OLED-based oxygen sensors with structurally integrated OLED, sensor film, and thin-film Si photodetector

Debju Ghosh; Ruth Shinar; Yuankun Cai; Zhaoqun Zhou; Vikram L. Dalal; Joseph Shinar

doi:10.1117/12.732200

12 September 2007 Advances in OLED-based oxygen sensors with structurally integrated OLED, sensor film, and thin-film Si photodetector

Debju Ghosh, Ruth Shinar, Yuankun Cai, Zhaoqun Zhou, Vikram L. Dalal, Joseph Shinar

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Proceedings Volume 6659, Organic-based Chemical and Biological Sensors; 66590E (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732200
Event: Photonic Devices + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Steps towards the improvement of a compact photoluminescence (PL)-based sensor array that is fully structurally integrated are described. The approach is demonstrated for oxygen sensing, which can be monitored via its effect on the PL intensity I or decay time τ of oxygen-sensitive dyes such as Pt octaethylporphryn (PtOEP) and its Pd analog (PdOEP). The integrated components include (1) an organic light emitting device (OLED) excitation source, which is an array of coumarin-doped tris(quinolinolate) Al (Alq₃) pixels, (2) the sensor film, i.e., PdOEP embedded in polystyrene, and (3) the photodetector (PD), which is a plasma-enhanced CVD-grown p-i-n or n-i-p structure, based on amorphous or nanocrystalline (Si,Ge):H. These components are fabricated on common or separate substrates that are attached back-to-back, resulting in sensors with a thickness largely determined by that of the substrates. The fully integrated oxygen sensor is demonstrated first by fabricating each of the three components on a separate substrate. The PD was placed in front of a flow cell containing the sensor film, while the OLED array was "behind" the sensor film. This design showed the expected trend in monitoring different concentration of O₂ via their effect on I, with improved detection sensitivity achieved by shielding the electromagnetic noise synchronous with the pulsed OLED. The detection sensitivity using the I monitoring mode is expected to further increase by reducing the OLED tail emission. The issue of the OLED background can be eliminated by monitoring the oxygen concentration via its effect on τ, where the OLED is pulsed and τ is measured while the OLED is off. Steps therefore focused also on shortening the response time of the PDs, and understanding the factors affecting their speed. Development of a sensor array, where the PD pixels are fabricated between the OLED pixels on the same side of a common substrate, is also discussed.

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Debju Ghosh, Ruth Shinar, Yuankun Cai, Zhaoqun Zhou, Vikram L. Dalal, and Joseph Shinar "Advances in OLED-based oxygen sensors with structurally integrated OLED, sensor film, and thin-film Si photodetector", Proc. SPIE 6659, Organic-based Chemical and Biological Sensors, 66590E (12 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732200

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