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Yafei Yan1, Kai Xia2,3, Wei Gan1
1Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology and Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China. huili@ahu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Two-dimensional (2D) elementary tellurium (Te) has attracted intensive attention due to its potential applications in short-wave infrared photodetector devices. Here, we report hydrothermally synthesized 2D Te nanoflakes for short-wave infrared photodetectors with high performance. A Te-based photodetector exhibits a peak responsivity of 51.85 A W-1 at a 1550 nm wavelength, attributed to the efficient absorption of the phonons of 2D Te nanoflakes. Besides, the rising and decay time of the Te photodetector is calculated to be ∼19 μs and ∼21 μs, respectively, due to the rapid diffusion of charge carriers. In addition, Te-photodetectors exhibit a high specific detectivity (D*) of 1.88 × 1010 Jones and a superior external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 4148%. Our findings have demonstrated the development of high-performance short-wave infrared photodetectors with fast responses based on 2D Te nanoflakes.
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