Ambient effects on photogating in MoS2 photodetectors

Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are ideal candidates for ultrathin optoelectronics that are flexible and semitransparent. Photodetectors based on TMDs show remarkable performance, with responsivity and detectivity higher than 103 AW−1 and 1012 Jones, respectively, but they ar...

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Published in:Nanotechnology 2019-07, Vol.30 (28), p.284004-284004
Main Authors: Han, Peize, Adler, Eli R, Liu, Yijing, St Marie, Luke, El Fatimy, Abdel, Melis, Scott, Van Keuren, Edward, Barbara, Paola
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
hysteresis
photodetectors
two-dimensional materials
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Summary:Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are ideal candidates for ultrathin optoelectronics that are flexible and semitransparent. Photodetectors based on TMDs show remarkable performance, with responsivity and detectivity higher than 103 AW−1 and 1012 Jones, respectively, but they are plagued by response times as slow as several tens of seconds. Although it is well established that gas adsorbates such as water and oxygen create charge traps and significantly increase both the responsivity and the response time, the underlying mechanism is still unclear. Here we study the influence of adsorbates on MoS2 photodetectors under ambient conditions, vacuum and illumination at different wavelengths. We show that, for wavelengths sufficiently short to excite electron-hole pairs in the MoS2, light illumination causes desorption of water and oxygen molecules. The change in the molecular gating provided by the physisorbed molecules is the dominant contribution to the device photoresponse in ambient conditions.
ISSN:0957-4484
1361-6528
DOI:10.1088/1361-6528/ab149e