• 文献标题:   Selectively enhanced photocurrent generation in twisted bilayer graphene with van Hove singularity
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YIN JB, WANG H, PENG H, TAN ZJ, LIAO L, LIN L, SUN X, KOH AL, CHEN YL, PENG HL, LIU ZF
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Peking Univ
  • 被引频次:   39
  • DOI:   10.1038/ncomms10699
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Graphene with ultra-high carrier mobility and ultra-short photoresponse time has shown remarkable potential in ultrafast photodetection. However, the broad and weak optical absorption (similar to 2.3%) of monolayer graphene hinders its practical application in photodetectors with high responsivity and selectivity. Here we demonstrate that twisted bilayer graphene, a stack of two graphene monolayers with an interlayer twist angle, exhibits a strong light-matter interaction and selectively enhanced photocurrent generation. Such enhancement is attributed to the emergence of unique twist-angle-dependent van Hove singularities, which are directly revealed by spatially resolved angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. When the energy interval between the van Hove singularities of the conduction and valance bands matches the energy of incident photons, the photocurrent generated can be significantly enhanced (up to similar to 80 times with the integration of plasmonic structures in our devices). These results provide valuable insight for designing graphene photodetectors with enhanced sensitivity for variable wavelength.