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Hybrid dual-channel phototransistor based on 1D t-Se and 2D ReS2 mixed-dimensional heterostructures

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The combination of mixed-dimensional semiconducting materials can provide additional freedom to construct integrated nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices with diverse functionalities. In this work, we report a high-performance dual-channel phototransistor based on one-dimensional (1D)/two-dimensional (2D) trigonal selenium (t-Se)/ReS2 heterostructures grown by chemical vapor deposition. The injection and separation efficiency of photogenerated electron–hole pairs can be greatly improved due to the high-quality interfacial contact between t-Se nanobelts and ReS2 films. Compared with bare ReS2 film devices, the dual-channel phototransistor based on t-Se/ReS2 heterostructure exhibits considerable enhancement with the responsivity (R) and detectivity (D*) up to 98 A·W–1 and 6 × 1010 Jones at 400 nm illumination with an intensity of 1.7 mW·cm−2, respectively. Besides, the response time can also be reduced by three times of magnitude to less than 50 ms due to the type-II band alignment at the interface. This study opens up a promising avenue for high-performance photodetectors by constructing mixed-dimensional heterostructures.

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The work is in part supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51572057 and 51772064), AFOSR/NSF EFRI 2DARE program, ARO and SRC.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Jingkai Qin, Hang Yan, Liang Zhen & Chengyan Xu

  2. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Jingkai Qin, Gang Qiu, Mengwei Si, Yuqin Duan & Peide D Ye

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Jingkai Qin, Hang Yan, Wenzhu Shao, Liang Zhen & Chengyan Xu

  4. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

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Qin, J., Yan, H., Qiu, G. et al. Hybrid dual-channel phototransistor based on 1D t-Se and 2D ReS2 mixed-dimensional heterostructures. Nano Res. 12, 669–674 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2275-1

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