Improved Photoresponse Performance of Self-Powered ZnO/Spiro-MeOTAD Heterojunction Ultraviolet Photodetector by Piezo-Phototronic Effect

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• 作者：Yanwei Shen ; Xiaoqin Yan ; Haonan Si ; Pei Lin ; Yichong Liu ; Yihui Sun ; Yue Zhang
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 9, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：9
• 页码：6137-6143
• 全文大小：504K
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Strain-induced piezoelectric potential (piezopotential) within wurtzite-structured ZnO can engineer the energy-band structure at a contact or a junction and, thus, enhance the performance of corresponding optoelectronic devices by effectively tuning the charge carriers’ separation and transport. Here, we report the fabrication of a flexible self-powered ZnO/Spiro-MeOTAD hybrid heterojunction ultraviolet photodetector (UV PD). The obtained device has a fast and stable response to the UV light illumination at zero bias. Together with responsivity and detectivity, the photocurrent can be increased about 1-fold upon applying a 0.753% tensile strain. The enhanced performance can be attributed to more efficient separation and transport of photogenerated electron–hole pairs, which is favored by the positive piezopotential modulated energy-band structure at the ZnO-Spiro-MeOTAD interface. This study demonstrates a promising approach to optimize the performance of a photodetector made of piezoelectric semiconductor materials through straining.