A fully printed ultrafast Si/WS2 quantum dot photodetector with very high responsivity over the UV to near-infrared region
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting material-based photodetectors (PDs) with high responsivity and fast photo-response are of great interest for various applications such as optical communications, biomedical imaging, security surveillance, environmental monitoring, etc. Additive manufacturing such...
Gespeichert in:
Veröffentlicht in: | Nanoscale 2023-08, Vol.15 (33), p.13809-13821 |
---|---|
Hauptverfasser: | , , , |
Format: | Artikel |
Sprache: | eng |
Schlagworte: | |
Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
Zusammenfassung: | Two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting material-based photodetectors (PDs) with high responsivity and fast photo-response are of great interest for various applications such as optical communications, biomedical imaging, security surveillance, environmental monitoring, etc. Additive manufacturing such as 2D printing is a potentially less cumbersome and cost-effective alternative to conventional microdevice fabrication processes used in the production of PDs. Here, we have fabricated a Si/WS2 quantum dot-based heterostructure PD with a very short electrode gap of 40 μm by a simple printing process. The printed p-Si/n-WS2 PD shows an excellent photo-to-dark current ratio of 5121 under 405 nm illumination (23.8 mW cm−2). The printed photodetector exhibits a peak responsivity of 126 A W−1 and a peak detectivity of 9.24 × 1012 Jones over a very broad wavelength range (300–1100 nm), which is much superior to commercial Si PDs. A high external quantum efficiency of 3.9 × 104% and an ultrafast photoresponse (7.8 μs rise time and 9.5 μs fall time) make the device an attractive candidate as an efficient photodetector. The origin of high-performance photodetection is traced to a nearly defect-free interface at the heterojunction, leading to highly efficient charge separation and high photocurrent. Finally, the 2D-printed device exhibits good photodetection even in self-powered conditions, which is very attractive. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 2040-3364 2040-3372 |
DOI: | 10.1039/d3nr02331a |