Journal
ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 30, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201705893
Keywords
broadband; CdS nanowires; photosensing; pyro-phototronic effect; self-powered
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-FG02-07ER46394]
- National Science Foundation [DMR-1505319]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1505319] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Cadmium sulfide (CdS) has received widespread attention as the building block of optoelectronic devices due to its extraordinary optoelectronic properties, low work function, and excellent thermal and chemical stability. Here, a self-powered flexible photodetector (PD) based on p-Si/n-CdS nanowires heterostructure is fabricated. By introducing the pyro-phototronic effect derived from wurtzite structured CdS, the self-powered PD shows a broadband response range, even beyond the bandgap limitation, from UV (325 nm) to near infrared (1550 nm) under zero bias with fast response speed. The light-induced pyroelectric potential is utilized to modulate the optoelectronic processes and thus improve the photoresponse performance. Lasers with different wavelengths have different effects on the self-powered PDs and corresponding working mechanisms are carefully investigated. Upon 325 nm laser illumination, the rise time and fall time of the self-powered PD are 245 and 277 mu s, respectively, which are faster than those of most previously reported CdS-based nanostructure PDs. Meanwhile, the photoresponsivity R and specific detectivity D* regarding to the relative peak-to-peak current are both enhanced by 67.8 times, compared with those only based on the photovoltaic effect-induced photocurrent. The self-powered flexible PD with fast speed, stable, and broadband response is expected to have extensive applications in various environments.
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