Ultrasensitive 2D Bi₂O₂Se Phototransistors on Silicon Substrates

Abstract

Abstract 2D materials are considered as intriguing building blocks for next‐generation optoelectronic devices. However, their photoresponse performance still needs to be improved for practical applications. Here, ultrasensitive 2D phototransistors are reported employing chemical vapor deposition (CVD)‐grown 2D Bi 2 O 2 Se transferred onto silicon substrates with a noncorrosive transfer method. The as‐transferred Bi 2 O 2 Se preserves high quality in contrast to the serious quality degradation in hydrofluoric‐acid‐assisted transfer. The phototransistors show a responsivity of 3.5 × 10 4 A W −1 , a photoconductive gain of more than 10 4 , and a time response in the order of sub‐millisecond. With back gating of the silicon substrate, the dark current can be reduced to several pA. This yields an ultrahigh sensitivity with a specific detectivity of 9.0 × 10 13 Jones, which is one of the highest values among 2D material photodetectors and two orders of magnitude higher than that of other CVD‐grown 2D materials. The high performance of the phototransistor shown here together with the developed unique transfer technique are promising for the development of novel 2D‐material‐based optoelectronic applications as well as integrating with state‐of‐the‐art silicon photonic and electronic technologies.