We report the fabrication of organic Schottky diodes on indium tin oxide (ITO) coated glass by electrochemically polymerized polycarbazole (PCz) with configuration ITO/PCz/Al. The diode has been characterized in respect of electrical and optical properties. The study involves estimation of optical bandgap of the polymer from UV-visible spectroscopic measurements. The current-voltage (J-V) and capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics of the Schottky diode were subsequently used for extracting electronic parameters of the device such as ideality factor, barrier height, reverse saturation current, built-in potential, depletion width, doping concentration, etc. The photoresponse of the Schottky contact was measured by illuminating the device with a laser source operating at 650 nm having an incident optical power density of 10 mW/cm2. The device exhibits a high value of peak detectivity (∼107 cm Hz1/2 W−1) near zero bias voltage and the same attains a value of the order of 109 cm Hz1/2 W−1 at a reverse bias of −6 V.
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