High Carrier Mobility in HgTe Quantum Dot Solids Improves Mid-IR Photodetectors

Menglu Chen; Xinzheng Lan; Xin Tang; Yuanyuan Wang; Margaret H. Hudson; Dmitri V. Talapin; Philippe Guyot-Sionnest

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.9b01050

High Carrier Mobility in HgTe Quantum Dot Solids Improves Mid-IR Photodetectors

Menglu Chen, Xinzheng Lan, Xin Tang, Yuanyuan Wang, Margaret H. Hudson, Dmitri V. Talapin^*, Philippe Guyot-Sionnest

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The University of Chicago

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Abstract

Improved mid-infrared photoconductors based on colloidal HgTe quantum dots are realized using a hybrid ligand exchange and polar phase transfer. The doping can also be controlled n and p by adjusting the HgCl₂ concentration in the ligand exchange process. We compare the photoconductive properties with the prior "solid-state ligand exchange" using ethanedithiol, and we find that the new process affords a ∼100-fold increase of the electron and hole mobility, a ∼100-fold increase in responsivity, and a ∼10-fold increase in detectivity. These photodetector improvements are primarily attributed to the increase in mobility (μ) because the optical properties are mostly unchanged. We show that the specific detectivity (D*) of a photoconductive device is expected to scale as μ. The application potential is further verified by long-term device stability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2358-2365
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Photonics
Volume	6
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.9b01050
Publication status	Published - 18 Sept 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

HgTe
colloidal quantum dots
high mobility
mid-infrared
photoconductor

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High Carrier Mobility in HgTe Quantum Dot Solids Improves Mid-IR Photodetectors

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