Longitudinal twinning α-In2Se3 nanowires for UV-visible-NIR photodetectors with high sensitivity

Zidong ZHANG, Juehan YANG, Fuhong MEI, Guozhen SHEN

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Front. Optoelectron. ›› 2018, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (3) : 245-255. DOI: 10.1007/s12200-018-0820-2
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Longitudinal twinning α-In2Se3 nanowires for UV-visible-NIR photodetectors with high sensitivity

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Longitudinal twinning α-In2Se3 nanowires with the (101¯8) twin plane were synthesized to fabricate high performance single nanowire based photodetectors. As-synthesized α-In2Se3 nanowire exhibited typical n-type semiconducting behavior with an electron mobility of 23.1 cm2·V1·S1 and a broadband spectral response from 300 to 1100 nm, covering the ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared (UV-visible-NIR) region. Besides, the fabricated device showed a high responsivity of 8.57 × 105 A·W1, high external quantum efficiency up to 8.8 × 107% and a high detectivity of 1.58 × 1012 Jones under 600 nm light illumination at a basis of 3 V, which are much higher than previously reported In2Se3 nanostructures due to the interface defect effect of the twin plane. The results indicated that the longitudinal twinning α-In2Se3 nanowires have immense potential for further applications in highly performance broadband photodetectors and other optoelectronic devices.

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photodetectors / nanowires / twinning / ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared (UV-visible-NIR)

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Zidong ZHANG, Juehan YANG, Fuhong MEI, Guozhen SHEN. Longitudinal twinning α-In2Se3 nanowires for UV-visible-NIR photodetectors with high sensitivity. Front. Optoelectron., 2018, 11(3): 245‒255 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-018-0820-2

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant Nos. 61625404, 61574132), and the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (No. QYZDY-SSW-JWC004).

Author contributions

Z. D. Zhang and J. H. Yang performed the experiments; all authors contributed to the general discussion and have given approval to the final version of the paper.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Supporting Information

TEM, XPS data of In2Se3-based twinning nanowires and the photoresponse data of the In2Se3-based photodetectors are shown in Figs. S1−S5.

Figs. S1 (a) Full scale XPS scan, (b) in peaks, and (c) Se 3d doublets of the synthesized α-In2Se3 nanowires

Figs. S2 (a) TEM image, and (b) SAED pattern of the synthesized twinned α-In2Se3 nanowires

Figs. S3 Key device figures-of-merit, EQE and specific detectivity of the devices measured at different power intensities of 600 nm light illumination at a 3 V bias

Figs. S4I-V curves of the device illuminated with incident light of various wavelengths and in the dark, respectively

Figs. S5 (a) Time-resolved photoresponse characteristics of the device at a bias of 1 V in 300 nm with different light intensities. (b) Photocurrent and responsivity as a function of light power intensity in 300 nm. The fitting result is Iph~P0.97. (c) Time-resolved photoresponse characteristics of the device at a bias of 3 V in 800 nm with different light intensities. (d) Photocurrent and responsivity as a function of light power intensity in 300 nm. The fitting result is Iph~P0.94

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