Enhanced Performance of a Self-Powered Au/WSe₂/Ta₂NiS₅/Au Heterojunction by the Interfacial Pyro-phototronic Effect

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Abstract

The growing need for wearable electronics and self-powered electronic devices has driven the successful development of self-powered two-dimensional (2D) photodetectors using the photovoltaic effect of Schottky and p-n junctions. However, there is an urgent need to develop multifunctional photodetectors capable of harvesting energy from different sources to overcome their limitations in efficiency and cost. While the pyro-phototronic effect has been shown to effectively influence optoelectronic processes in heterojunctions, the number of reported two-dimensional heterojunctions exhibiting interfacial pyroelectricity is still limited, and the responsivity and detectivity based on such heterojunctions tend to be low. In this study, a photodetector based on an Au/WSe₂/Ta₂NiS₅/Au heterojunction was designed and fabricated. By harnessing the interfacial pyro-phototronic effect arising from the built-in electric fields at the Au/WSe₂ Schottky junction and WSe₂/Ta₂NiS₅ heterojunction, the photodetector exhibits a broadband response range of 405-1064 nm, with approximately 12 times enhancement in output current compared to solely relying on the photovoltaic effect. Under 660 nm light irradiation, the self-powered photodetector exhibits a responsivity of 121 mA/W, an external quantum efficiency of 22.64%, and a specific detectivity of 2 × 1012 Jones. Notably, its pyroelectric coefficient exceeds 8 × 103 μC·m-2·K-1. These findings pave the way for effectively detecting weak light and temperature variation while presenting a new strategy for developing high-performance photodetectors utilizing the interfacial pyro-phototronic effect.

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