Graphene-Ta2O5 heterostructure enabled high performance, deep-ultraviolet to mid-infrared photodetection.

Nanoscale
Vinh X HoN Q Vinh

Abstract

Ultrafast, high sensitive, low cost photodetectors operating at room temperature sensitive from the deep-ultraviolet to mid-infrared region remain a significant challenge in optoelectronics. Achievements in traditional semiconductors using cryogenic operation and complicated growth processes prevent the cost-effective and practical application of broadband detectors. Alternative methods towards high-performance photodetectors, hybrid graphene-semiconductor colloidal quantum dots have been intensively explored. However, the operation of these photodetectors has been limited by the spectral bandwidth and response time. Here, we have demonstrated hybrid photodetectors operating from the deep-ultraviolet to the mid-infrared region with high sensitivity and ultrafast response by coupling graphene with a p-type semiconductor photosensitizer, nitrogen-doped Ta2O5 thin film. Photons with energy higher than the energy of the defect centers release holes from neutral acceptors. The holes are transferred into graphene, leaving behind ionized acceptors. Due to the advantage of two-dimensional heterostructure including homogeneous thickness, extending in a two-dimensional plane, large contact area between the N-Ta2O5 thin film and graphene,...Continue Reading

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