Flexible broadband photodetectors are desired but challenging to be fabricated for next-generation wearable intelligent optoelectronic devices. Considering the narrow bandgap and strong light absorption, molybdenum telluride (MoTe 2 ) based photoelectrochemical photodetectors are successfully assembled by liquid phase exfoliation accompanied with the electrophoretic deposited method. This MoTe 2 -based photodetector shows a broadband detection in ultraviolet–near-infrared band, long-term stability within 18000 s, and fast response in millisecond-level (response time≈19 ms, recovery time≈26 ms). More importantly, even though the MoTe 2 photodetector is bent and twisted at a high degree for several hundred times, it still shows excellent flexibility with stable on-off switching characteristics. Additionally, this photodetector displays a good response for rotation angles in the range from 0° to 360°, and the extracted I ph maintain almost the same value approximately 0.97 µA cm −2 , suggesting an omnidirectional detection capability. This work demonstrates the proposed flexible photoanode shows a great potential in future broadband omnidirectional detection systems.
Zhou Wenjia,Shang Yuequn,García de Arquer F. Pelayo,Xu Kaimin,Wang Ruili,Luo Shaobo,Xiao Xiongbin,Zhou Xiaoyu,Huang Ruimin,Sargent Edward H.,Ning Zhijun
Upconversion photodetectors convert photons from the infrared to the visible light spectrum and are of use in applications such as infrared detection and imaging. High-performance upconversion devices are, however, typically based on vacuum-deposited materials, which are expensive and require high operating voltages, which limits their implementation in flexible systems. Here we report solution-processed optical upconversion photodetectors with a high photon-to-photon conversion efficiency of 6.5% and a low turn-on voltage of 2.5 V. Our devices consist of a colloidal lead sulfide quantum dot layer for harvesting infrared light that is monolithically coupled to a cadmium selenide/zinc selenide quantum dot layer for visible-light emission. We optimized the charge-extraction layers in these devices by incorporating silver nanoparticles into the electron transport layers to enable carrier tunnelling. Our photodetectors exhibit a low dark current, high detectivity (6.4 × 10 12 Jones) and millisecond response time, and are compatible with flexible substrates. We also show that the devices can be used for in vitro bioimaging.