InfoMat (Jun 2022)

Macroscopic assembled graphene nanofilms based room temperature ultrafast mid‐infrared photodetectors

  • Li Peng,
  • Lixiang Liu,
  • Sichao Du,
  • Srikrishna Chanakya Bodepudi,
  • Lingfei Li,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Runchen Lai,
  • Xiaoxue Cao,
  • Wenzhang Fang,
  • Yingjun Liu,
  • Xinyu Liu,
  • Jianhang Lv,
  • Muhammad Abid,
  • Junxue Liu,
  • Shengye Jin,
  • Kaifeng Wu,
  • Miao‐Ling Lin,
  • Xin Cong,
  • Ping‐Heng Tan,
  • Haiming Zhu,
  • Qihua Xiong,
  • Xiaomu Wang,
  • Weida Hu,
  • Xiangfeng Duan,
  • Bin Yu,
  • Zhen Xu,
  • Yang Xu,
  • Chao Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12309
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 6
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Abstract Graphene with linear energy dispersion and weak electron–phonon interaction is highly anticipated to harvest hot electrons in a broad wavelength range. However, the limited absorption and serious backscattering of hot‐electrons result in inadequate quantum yields, especially in the mid‐infrared range. Here, we report a macroscopic assembled graphene (nMAG) nanofilm/silicon heterojunction for ultrafast mid‐infrared photodetection. The assembled Schottky diode works in 1.5–4.0 μm at room temperature with fast response (20–30 ns, rising time, 4 mm2 window) and high detectivity (1.6 × 1011 to 1.9 × 109 Jones from 1.5 to 4.0 μm) under the pulsed laser, outperforming single‐layer‐graphene/silicon photodetectors by 2–8 orders. These performances are attributed to the greatly enhanced photo‐thermionic effect of electrons in nMAG due to its high light absorption (~40%), long carrier relaxation time (~20 ps), low work function (4.52 eV), and suppressed carrier number fluctuation. The nMAG provides a long‐range platform to understand the hot‐carrier dynamics in bulk 2D materials, leading to broadband and ultrafast MIR active imaging devices at room temperature.

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