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Area of Science:

  • Optoelectronics
  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Broadband self-powered photodetectors (PDs) are crucial for intelligent sensing.
  • Achieving simultaneous deep-ultraviolet to near-infrared (DUV-NIR) detection and high responsivity in PDs is challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To engineer a controllable flexoelectric polarization field to enhance photodetector performance.
  • To develop a self-powered photodetector with ultrabroadband spectral response and high responsivity.

Main Methods:

  • Designed a compressive strain gradient to create a flexoelectric polarization field.
  • Utilized the flexo-pyroelectric effect by synergizing flexoelectricity with the pyroelectric effect.
  • Fabricated a graded p-Si/n-ZnO:Ga heterojunction photodetector.

Main Results:

  • Achieved an ultrabroadband spectral response from 200 to 1550 nm.
  • Obtained a peak transient responsivity of 2.24 A W-1 and external quantum efficiency >100%.
  • Demonstrated quantitative identification of environmental pollutants using the nonlinear optical response.

Conclusions:

  • The flexo-pyroelectric effect significantly enhances the built-in electric field and photoresponse.
  • The developed photodetector is a promising candidate for next-generation intelligent self-powered sensing systems.
  • This work offers a general design principle for advanced optoelectronic devices.