• 文献标题:   Photocurrent spectra for above and below bandgap energies from photovoltaic PbS infrared detectors with graphene transparent electrodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIM J, AMPADU EK, OH E, CHOI H, AHN HY, CHO SH, CHOI WJ, BYUN JY
  • 作者关键词:   lead sulfide, photocurrent spectra, infrared detector, photovoltaic, multilayer graphene
  • 出版物名称:   CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1567-1739 EI 1878-1675
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chungnam Natl Univ
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.cap.2020.01.006
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

We discussed photocurrent spectra of photovoltaic PbS infrared detectors using multi-layer graphene as transparent electrode, where p-PbS films were deposited on TiO2/FTO substrates by chemical bath deposition. In the photocurrent spectra, we observed both above-bandgap and sub-bandgap photocurrent without any external bias. We discussed impurity band model and grain boundary model in order to explain the sub-bandgap photocurrent near 15 mu m. Since FTO is transparent in the visible range, we were able to illuminate green laser beam from the FTO back-side, and photo-response up to 50 mu m was found to be enhanced. This long wavelength photo-response was attributed to the excitation of the photo-electrons accumulated at the TiO2/PbS interface. Our photovoltaic PbS devices can detect not only short-infrared but also terahertz radiation at room temperature, which is highly applicable to various fields.