High Responsivity, Large-Area Graphene/MoS2 Flexible Photodetectors

ACS Nano. 2016 Sep 27;10(9):8252-62. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05109. Epub 2016 Sep 14.

Abstract

We present flexible photodetectors (PDs) for visible wavelengths fabricated by stacking centimeter-scale chemical vapor deposited (CVD) single layer graphene (SLG) and single layer CVD MoS2, both wet transferred onto a flexible polyethylene terephthalate substrate. The operation mechanism relies on injection of photoexcited electrons from MoS2 to the SLG channel. The external responsivity is 45.5A/W and the internal 570A/W at 642 nm. This is at least 2 orders of magnitude higher than bulk-semiconductor flexible membranes. The photoconductive gain is up to 4 × 10(5). The photocurrent is in the 0.1-100 μA range. The devices are semitransparent, with 8% absorptance at 642 nm, and are stable upon bending to a curvature of 1.4 cm. These capabilities and the low-voltage operation (<1 V) make them attractive for wearable applications.

Keywords: MoS2; flexible optoelectronics; graphene; heterostructures; photodetectors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't