Out-of-plane p-n heterojunctions based on two-dimensional layered materials (2DLMs) with unusual physical characteristics are attracting extensive research attention for their application as photodetectors. However, the present fabrication method based on… Click to show full abstract
Out-of-plane p-n heterojunctions based on two-dimensional layered materials (2DLMs) with unusual physical characteristics are attracting extensive research attention for their application as photodetectors. However, the present fabrication method based on 2DLMs produces out-of-plane p-n homojunction devices with low photoresponsivity and detectivity. This work reports an ultrasensitive phototransistor based on a laser-induced p-doped WSe2/MoS2 van der Waals heterojunction. The laser treatment is used for p-doping WSe2 nanoflakes using high work function WOx. Then, an n-type MoS2 nanoflake is transferred onto the resulting p-doped WSe2 nanoflake. The built-in electric field of p-doped WSe2/MoS2 is stronger than that of pristine WSe2/MoS2. The p-n junction between p-doped WSe2 and MoS2 can separate more photogenerated electron–hole pairs and inject more electrons into MoS2 under laser illumination than pristine WSe2/MoS2. Thus, a high photoresponsivity (R) of ~1.28 × 105 A·W−1 and high specific detectivity (D*) of ~7.17 × 1013 Jones are achieved under the illumination of a 633 nm laser, which is approximately two orders higher than the best phototransistor based on a WSe2/MoS2 heterojunction. Our work provides an effective and simple method to enhance photoresponsivity and detectivity in two-dimensional (2D) heterojunction phototransistors, indicating the potential applications in fabricating high-performance photodetectors based on 2DLMs.
               
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