Abstract
The formation of an asymmetric junction is key to graphene-based photodetectors of high-sensitive photodetectability, because such a junction can not only facilitate the diffusion or drift of photogenerated carriers but also realize a self-powered operation. Here, a monolayer-multilayer graphene junction photodetector is accomplished by selectively thinning part of a multilayer graphene to a high-quality monolayer. Benefiting from the large photoabsorption cross section of multilayer graphene and strong asymmetry caused by the significant differences in optoelectronic properties between monolayer and multilayer graphene, the monolayer-multilayer graphene junction shows a 7-fold increase in short-circuit photocurrent as compared with that at the monolayer graphene-metal contact in scanning photocurrent images. The asymmetric configuration also enables the photodetector to work at zero bias with minimized dark current noise and stand-by power consumption. Under global illumination with visible light, a photoswitching ratio of 3.4 × 103, a responsivity of 8.8 mA W−1, a specific detectivity of 1.3 × 108 Jones and a response time of 11 ns can be obtained, suggesting a promising photoresponse. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that such a performance enhancement is achieved without compromising the broadband spectral response of graphene photodetector and it is hence applicable for long wavelength spectral range including infrared and terahertz.
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