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High-performance self-powered ultraviolet to near-infrared photodetector based on WS2/InSe van der Waals heterostructure

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van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) based on two-dimensional (2D) materials without the crystal lattice matching constraint have great potential for high-performance optoelectronic devices. Herein, a WS2/InSe vdWH photodiode is proposed and fabricated by precisely stacking InSe and WS2 flakes through an all-dry transfer method. The WS2/InSe vdWH forms an n—n heterojunction with strong built-in electric field due to their intrinsic n-type semiconductor characteristics and energy-band alignments with a large Fermi level offset between WS2 and InSe. As a result, the device displays excellent photovoltaic behavior with a large open voltage of 0.47 V and a short-circuit current of 11.7 nA under 520 nm light illumination. Significantly, a fast rising/decay time of 63/76 µs, a large light on/off ratio of 105, a responsivity of 61 mA/W, a high detectivity of 2.5 × 1011 Jones, and a broadband photoresponse ranging from ultraviolet to near-infrared (325–980 nm) are achieved at zero bias. This study provides a strategy for developing high-performance self-powered broadband photodetectors based on 2D materials.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11734005, 61821002, 62075041, 12004069, and 62204157), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2018YFA0209101 and 2017YFA0700500), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2242021k10009).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Jinping Chen, Yi Ma, Xiaoyu Xie, Xiaoxuan Wang, Zhuxin Li, Heng Guo, Yizhi Zhu, Qiannan Cui, Zengliang Shi & Chunxiang Xu

  2. Micro Nano System Research Center, Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System of the Ministry of Education & College of Information Engineering and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Zhen Zhang & Aoqun Jian

  3. Key Laboratory of UV-Emitting Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China

    Jiying Feng & Yuanzheng Li

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Chen, J., Zhang, Z., Ma, Y. et al. High-performance self-powered ultraviolet to near-infrared photodetector based on WS2/InSe van der Waals heterostructure. Nano Res. 16, 7851–7857 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5323-1

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