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Highly sensitive infrared polarized photodetector enabled by out-of-plane PSN architecture composing of p-MoTe2, semimetal-MoTe2 and n-SnSe2

Yiming Sun1, Jingxian Xiong1, Xuming Wu2, Wei Gao1, Nengjie Huo1( ), Jingbo Li1( )
Institute of Semiconductors, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
School of Physics Science and Technology, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang 524048, China
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The photodetector based on the out-of-plane PSN architecture composing of p-MoTe2, semimetal-MoTe2 andn-SnSe2 can achieve the function of highly sensitive infrared polarized photodetection.

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Leveraging the unique physical properties, two-dimensional (2D) materials have circumvented the disadvantages of conventional epitaxial semiconductors and held great promise for potential optoelectronic applications. So far, two main detector architectures including photodiode based on a van der Waals P-N junction or Schottky junction and phototransistor based on individual 2D materials or hybrids have been well developed. However, a trade-off between responsivity and speed always exists in those technologies thus hindering the overall performance improvement. Here, we propose a new device concept by sandwiching the 2D anisotropic semimetal between p-type and n-type semiconductors in the out-of-plane direction, called PSN architecture, realizing the improvement of each parameter including broad spectral coverage, fast speed, high sensitivity, power-free and polarization-sensitive. We stack the p-type 2H-MoTe2, Weyl semimetal 1T-MoTe2 and n-type SnSe2 layer-by-layer constructing vertical sandwich structure where the top and bottom layers contribute to the internal built-in electric field, the intermediate layer can facilitate the exciton dissociation and act as infrared polarized light sensitizers. As a result, this PSN device exhibits broadband photo-response from 405 to 1,550 nm without external bias supply. At optical communication band (1,310 nm), operating at self-driven mode and room temperature, the responsivity and detectivity can reach up to 64.2 mA·W–1 and 2.2×1011 Jones, respectively, along with fast speed on the order of millisecond. Moreover, the device simultaneously exhibits exceptional detection capability for infrared polarized light, demonstrating the anisotropic photocurrent ratio of 1.55 at 1,310 nm and 2.02 at 1,550 nm, which is attributed to the strong in-plane optical anisotropy of middle 1T-MoTe2 layer. This work develops a new photodetector scheme with novel PSN architecture toward broadband, self-power, polarized light sensing and imaging modules.

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self-poweredbroadband photodetectorvan der Waals heterojunctionPSN architecture

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 6,
June 2022
Pages 5384-5391
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-021-4008-5
Cite this article:
Sun Y, Xiong J, Wu X, et al. Highly sensitive infrared polarized photodetector enabled by out-of-plane PSN architecture composing of p-MoTe2, semimetal-MoTe2 and n-SnSe2. Nano Research, 2022, 15(6): 5384-5391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-021-4008-5
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Received: 24 October 2021
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Published: 14 December 2021
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