Self-driven Vis-NIR broadband photodetector based on nano-hedge-like MoS2/WSe2 heterostructure

TMDC heterostructures provide alternative bases for optoelectronic devices besides conventional Schottky devices. With the continued expansion of the modern semiconductor industry, self-powered devices have emerged as an integral part of electronic and optoelectronic equipments. This work reports a unique seamless nano-hedge (nh) like morphology of MoS2 deposited on WSe2 film to form nh-MoS2/WSe2 heterostructure as a self-powered photodetector with a broad spectral range from visible to NIR. The developed heterostructure exhibits a very high responsivity of 900 mAW-1 when illuminated by 860 nm under zero bias (self-powered mode). In addition, the device also shows a high responsivity of 177 mAW-1, 271 mAW-1, and 506 mAW-1 for illumination of 532 nm, 625 nm light, and 950 nm, respectively, at zero applied bias. With low noise equivalent power of 2.6 × 10-14 WHz1/2 and ultra-high responsivity of 2.6 × 104 mAW-1 in photoconductive mode at 860 nm light irradiation, the device exhibits extremely high external quantum efficiency of 6.29 × 103%. Further, the device also displays detectivity of 5 × 1011 Jones, an LDR value of 26 dB, with a fast response time of 15 ms. Developing a broadband photodetector based on nh-MoS2/WSe2 heterostructure opens the route for highly responsive, self-powered future optoelectronic devices.