Fast, Multi-Bit, and Vis-Infrared Broadband Nonvolatile Optoelectronic Memory with MoS₂ /2D-Perovskite Van der Waals...

Nonvolatile optoelectronic memory (NVOM) integrating the functions of optical sensing and long-term memory can efficiently process and store a large amount of visual scene information, which has become the core requirement of multiple intelligence scenarios. However, realizing NVOM with vis-infrared broadband response is still challenging. Herein, the room temperature vis-infrared broadband NVOM based on few-layer MoS₂ /2D Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite (2D-RPP) van der Waals heterojunction is realized. It is found that the 2D-RPP converts the initial n-type MoS₂ into p-type and facilitates hole transfer between them. Furthermore, the 2D-RPP rich in interband states serves as an effective electron trapping layer as well as broadband photoresponsive layer. As a result, the dielectric-free MoS₂ /2D-RPP heterojunction enables the charge to transfer quickly under external field, which enables a large memory window (104 V), fast write speed of 20 µs, and optical programmable characteristics from visible light (405 nm) to telecommunication wavelengths (i.e., 1550 nm) at room temperature. Trapezoidal optical programming can produce up to 100 recognizable states (>6 bits), with operating energy as low as 5.1 pJ per optical program. These results provide a route to realize fast, low power, multi-bit optoelectronic memory from visible to the infrared wavelength.