Blackbody-sensitive room-temperature infrared photodetectors based on low-dimensional tellurium grown by chemical vapor deposition.
Meng PengRunzhang XieZhen WangPeng WangFang WangHaonan GeYang WangFang ZhongPeisong WuJiafu YeQing LiLili ZhangXun GeYan YeYuchen LeiWei JiangZhigao HuFeng WuXiaohao ZhouJinshui MiaoJianlu WangHugen YanChong-Xin ShanJiangnan DaiChangqing ChenXiaoshuang ChenWei LuWei-Da HuPublished in: Science advances (2021)
Blackbody-sensitive room-temperature infrared detection is a notable development direction for future low-dimensional infrared photodetectors. However, because of the limitations of responsivity and spectral response range for low-dimensional narrow bandgap semiconductors, few low-dimensional infrared photodetectors exhibit blackbody sensitivity. Here, highly crystalline tellurium (Te) nanowires and two-dimensional nanosheets were synthesized by using chemical vapor deposition. The low-dimensional Te shows high hole mobility and broadband detection. The blackbody-sensitive infrared detection of Te devices was demonstrated. A high responsivity of 6650 A W-1 (at 1550-nm laser) and the blackbody responsivity of 5.19 A W-1 were achieved. High-resolution imaging based on Te photodetectors was successfully obtained. All the results suggest that the chemical vapor deposition-grown low-dimensional Te is one of the competitive candidates for sensitive focal-plane-array infrared photodetectors at room temperature.