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Self-Powered, Highly Sensitive, High Speed Photodetection Using ITO/WSe2/SnSe2 Vertical Heterojunction

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2018-08-30 v2 Materials Science Applied Physics

Abstract

Two dimensional transition metal di-chalcogenides (TMDCs) are promising candidates for ultra-low intensity photodetection. However, the performance of these photodetectors is usually limited by ambience induced rapid performance degradation and long lived charge trapping induced slow response with a large persistent photocurrent when the light source is switched off. Here we demonstrate an indium tin oxide (ITO)/WSe2_2/SnSe2_2 based vertical double heterojunction photoconductive device where the photo-excited hole is confined in the double barrier quantum well, whereas the photo-excited electron can be transferred to either the ITO or the SnSe2_2 layer in a controlled manner. The intrinsically short transit time of the photoelectrons in the vertical double heterojunction helps us to achieve high responsivity in excess of 11001100 A/W and fast transient response time on the order of 1010 μ\mus. A large built-in field in the WSe2_2 sandwich layer results in photodetection at zero external bias allowing a self-powered operation mode. The encapsulation from top and bottom protects the photo-active WSe2_2 layer from ambience induced detrimental effects and substrate induced trapping effects helping us to achieve repeatable characteristics over many cycles.

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@article{arxiv.1807.02104,
  title  = {Self-Powered, Highly Sensitive, High Speed Photodetection Using ITO/WSe2/SnSe2 Vertical Heterojunction},
  author = {Krishna Murali and Kausik Majumdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.02104},
  year   = {2018}
}
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