Ferroelectric-Gated InSe Photodetectors with High On/Off Ratios and Photoresponsivity

Indium selenide (InSe) has a high electron mobility and tunable direct band gap, enabling its potential applications to electronic and optoelectronic devices. Here, we report the fabrication of InSe photodetectors with high on/off ratios and ultrahigh photoresponsivity, using ferroelectric poly­(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P­(VDF-TrFE)) copolymer films as the top-gate dielectric. Benefiting from the successful suppression of the dark current down to ∼10–14A in the InSe channel by tuning the three different polarization states in ferroelectric P­(VDF-TrFE) and improved interface properties using h-BN as a substrate, the ferroelectric-gated InSe photodetectors show a high on/off ratio of over 108, a high photoresponsivity up to 14 250 AW–1, a high detectivity up to 1.63 × 1013 Jones, and a fast response time of 600 μs even at zero-gate voltage. The present results highlight the role of ferroelectric P­(VDF-TrFE) in tuning the carrier transport of InSe and may provide an avenue for the development of InSe-based photodetectors.