Temperature Dependence of Self-Powered Photodetection Performance in Hybrid ε -Ga2O3/PEDOT:PSS Heterojunction

• Published in: IEEE transactions on electron devices Vol. 71; no. 9; pp. 5541 - 5545
• Main Authors: Lu, Jia-Qi, Wang, Ji-Peng, Zhou, Chang, Yin, Shuo-Shuo, Ma, Wan-Yu, Li, Shan, Tang, Wei-Hua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2024; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Bias; Dark current; Gallium oxides; Ga₂O; heterojunction; Heterojunctions; High temperature; Holes (electron deficiencies); Lighting; Optical filters; Photoconductivity; photodetector (PD); Photoelectric effect; Photoelectric emission; Photoelectricity; Photonic band gap; Room temperature; self-powered; Signal to noise ratio; Spin coating; Temperature; Temperature dependence
• ISSN: 0018-9383; 1557-9646
• DOI: 10.1109/TED.2024.3436001

With the capacity to separate electron-hole pairs under zero bias, the heterojunction photodetectors (PDs) can operate in self-powered manner, while it remains a challenge to maintain high self-powered photodetection performance at an elevated temperature. Herein, a hybrid <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">\varepsilon </tex-math></inline-formula>-Ga2O3/PEDOT:PSS heterojunction deep ultraviolet (UV) PD was fabricated via the spin-coating method. The designed PD showed excellent signal-to-noise-ratio at room temperature (RT) with a dark current of 35 fA and photocurrent of 55 nA under zero bias. Even at the temperature of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">150~^{\circ } </tex-math></inline-formula>C, the PD could still maintain high photograph to a dark current ratio (PDCR) of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">1\times 10^{{5}} </tex-math></inline-formula> and decent responsivity of 1.8 mA/W. As the temperature rising, the dark current of the constructed hybrid heterojunction increased while the photocurrent decreased, which were possibly caused by the enhancement of thermal excitation and the recombination of electron-hole pairs. The outstanding self-powered photoelectrical properties performed at high temperature reveal the great potential of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">\varepsilon </tex-math></inline-formula>-Ga2O3/PEDOT:PSS heterojunction PDs for future low-power harsh environment photodetection.