Tailoring a Back‐Contact Barrier for a Self‐Powered Broadband Kesterite Photodetector With Ultralow Dark Current Enabling Ultra‐Weak‐Light Detection

ABSTRACT Visible and near‐infrared photodetectors are widely used in intelligent driving, health monitoring, and other fields. However, the application of photodetectors in the near‐infrared region is significantly impacted by high dark current, which can greatly reduce their performance and sensiti...

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Main Authors: Qianfeng Wu, Chuanhao Li, Shuo Chen, Zhenghua Su, Muhammad Abbas, Chao Chen, Qianqian Lin, Jingting Luo, Liming Ding, Guangxing Liang
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Published: Wiley 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cey2.70001
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description ABSTRACT Visible and near‐infrared photodetectors are widely used in intelligent driving, health monitoring, and other fields. However, the application of photodetectors in the near‐infrared region is significantly impacted by high dark current, which can greatly reduce their performance and sensitivity, thereby limiting their effectiveness in certain applications. In this work, the introduction of a C60 back interface layer successfully mitigated back interface reactions to decrease the thickness of the Mo(S,Se)2 layer, tailoring the back‐contact barrier and preventing reverse charge injection, resulting in a kesterite photodetector with an ultralow dark current density of 5.2 × 10−9 mA/cm2 and ultra‐weak‐light detection at levels as low as 25 pW/cm2. Besides, under a self‐powered operation, it demonstrates outstanding performance, achieving a peak responsivity of 0.68 A/W, a wide response range spanning from 300 to 1600 nm, and an impressive detectivity of 5.27 × 1014 Jones. In addition, it offers exceptionally rapid response times, with rise and decay times of 70 and 650 ns, respectively. This research offers important insights for developing high‐performance self‐powered near‐infrared photodetectors that have high responsivity, rapid response times, and ultralow dark current.
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spelling doaj-art-21cce2785b5147d9b90cb907ca9debd72025-08-20T02:34:27ZengWileyCarbon Energy2637-93682025-05-0175n/an/a10.1002/cey2.70001Tailoring a Back‐Contact Barrier for a Self‐Powered Broadband Kesterite Photodetector With Ultralow Dark Current Enabling Ultra‐Weak‐Light DetectionQianfeng Wu0Chuanhao Li1Shuo Chen2Zhenghua Su3Muhammad Abbas4Chao Chen5Qianqian Lin6Jingting Luo7Liming Ding8Guangxing Liang9Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Shenzhen University Shenzhen ChinaShenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Shenzhen University Shenzhen ChinaShenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Shenzhen University Shenzhen ChinaShenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Shenzhen University Shenzhen ChinaShenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Shenzhen University Shenzhen ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) and School of Optical and Electronic Information (SOEI) Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan ChinaKey Lab of Artificial Micro‐ and Nano‐Structures of Ministry of Education of China, Hubei Luojia Laboratory, School of Physics and Technology Wuhan University Wuhan ChinaShenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Shenzhen University Shenzhen ChinaSchool of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou ChinaShenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Thin Films and Applications, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Shenzhen University Shenzhen ChinaABSTRACT Visible and near‐infrared photodetectors are widely used in intelligent driving, health monitoring, and other fields. However, the application of photodetectors in the near‐infrared region is significantly impacted by high dark current, which can greatly reduce their performance and sensitivity, thereby limiting their effectiveness in certain applications. In this work, the introduction of a C60 back interface layer successfully mitigated back interface reactions to decrease the thickness of the Mo(S,Se)2 layer, tailoring the back‐contact barrier and preventing reverse charge injection, resulting in a kesterite photodetector with an ultralow dark current density of 5.2 × 10−9 mA/cm2 and ultra‐weak‐light detection at levels as low as 25 pW/cm2. Besides, under a self‐powered operation, it demonstrates outstanding performance, achieving a peak responsivity of 0.68 A/W, a wide response range spanning from 300 to 1600 nm, and an impressive detectivity of 5.27 × 1014 Jones. In addition, it offers exceptionally rapid response times, with rise and decay times of 70 and 650 ns, respectively. This research offers important insights for developing high‐performance self‐powered near‐infrared photodetectors that have high responsivity, rapid response times, and ultralow dark current.https://doi.org/10.1002/cey2.70001detectivitykesteritephotodetectorthin filmweak light detection
spellingShingle Qianfeng Wu
Chuanhao Li
Shuo Chen
Zhenghua Su
Muhammad Abbas
Chao Chen
Qianqian Lin
Jingting Luo
Liming Ding
Guangxing Liang
Tailoring a Back‐Contact Barrier for a Self‐Powered Broadband Kesterite Photodetector With Ultralow Dark Current Enabling Ultra‐Weak‐Light Detection
Carbon Energy
detectivity
kesterite
photodetector
thin film
weak light detection
title Tailoring a Back‐Contact Barrier for a Self‐Powered Broadband Kesterite Photodetector With Ultralow Dark Current Enabling Ultra‐Weak‐Light Detection
title_full Tailoring a Back‐Contact Barrier for a Self‐Powered Broadband Kesterite Photodetector With Ultralow Dark Current Enabling Ultra‐Weak‐Light Detection
title_fullStr Tailoring a Back‐Contact Barrier for a Self‐Powered Broadband Kesterite Photodetector With Ultralow Dark Current Enabling Ultra‐Weak‐Light Detection
title_full_unstemmed Tailoring a Back‐Contact Barrier for a Self‐Powered Broadband Kesterite Photodetector With Ultralow Dark Current Enabling Ultra‐Weak‐Light Detection
title_short Tailoring a Back‐Contact Barrier for a Self‐Powered Broadband Kesterite Photodetector With Ultralow Dark Current Enabling Ultra‐Weak‐Light Detection
title_sort tailoring a back contact barrier for a self powered broadband kesterite photodetector with ultralow dark current enabling ultra weak light detection
topic detectivity
kesterite
photodetector
thin film
weak light detection
url https://doi.org/10.1002/cey2.70001
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