Design and Optimize the Performance of Self-Powered Photodetector Based on PbS/TiS3 Heterostructure by SCAPS-1D

Titanium trisulphide (TiS3) has been widely used in the field of optoelectronics owing to its superb optical and electronic characteristics. In this work, a self-powered photodetector using bulk PbS/TiS3 p-n heterojunction is numerically investigated and analyzed by a Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator in one-Dimension (SCAPS-1D) software. The energy bands, electron-holes generation or recombination rate, current density-voltage (J-V), and spectral response properties have been investigated by SCAPS-1D. To improve the performance of photodetectors, the influence of thickness, shallow acceptor or donor density, and defect density are investigated. By optimization, the optimal thickness of the TiS3 layer and PbS layer are determined to be 2.5 mu m and 700 nm, respectively. The density of the superior shallow acceptor (donor) is 10(15) (10(22)) cm(-3). High quality TiS3 film is required with the defect density of about 10(14) cm(-3). For the PbS layer, the maximum defect density is 10(17) cm(-3). As a result, the photodetector based on the heterojunction with optimal parameters exhibits a good photoresponse from 300 nm to 1300 nm. Under the air mass 1.5 global tilt (AM 1.5G) illuminations, the optimal short-circuit current reaches 35.57 mA/cm(2) and the open circuit voltage is about 870 mV. The responsivity (R) and a detectivity (D*) of the simulated photodetector are 0.36 A W--(1) and 3.9 x 10(13) Jones, respectively. The simulation result provides a promising research direction to further broaden the TiS3-based optoelectronic device.

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This work numerically investigates and analyzes a self-powered photodetector based on bulk PbS/TiS3 p-n heterojunction using the SCAPS-1D software. The energy bands, electron-holes generation or recombination rate, J-V characteristics, and spectral response properties are investigated and optimized. The simulated photodetector shows good photoresponse and performance.