Abstract
A nanogenerator, as a self-powered system, can operate without an external power supply for energy harvesting, signal processing, and active sensing. Here, near-infrared (NIR) photothermal triggered pyroelectric nanogenerators based on pn-junctions are demonstrated in a p-Si/n-ZnO nanowire (NW) heterostructure for self-powered NIR photosensing. The pyroelectric-polarization potential (pyro-potential) induced within wurtzite ZnO NWs couples with the built-in electric field of the pn-junction. At the moment of turning on or off the NIR illumination, external current flow is induced by the time-varying internal electric field of the pn-heterostructure, which enables a bias-free operation of the photodetectors (PDs). The NIR PD exhibits a high on/off photocurrent ratio up to 107 and a fast photoresponse component with a rise time of 15 μs and a fall time of 21 μs. This work provides an unconventional strategy to achieve active NIR sensing, which may find promising applications in biological imaging, optoelectronic communications, and optothermal detections.
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