Issue 45, 2022

Anisotropic photoresponse behavior of a LaAlO3 single-crystal-based vacuum-ultraviolet photodetector

Abstract

Nowadays, vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) photodetectors (PDs) have attracted extensive attention owing to their potential applications in space exploration, radiation monitoring, and the semiconductor industry. Benefiting from its intrinsic ultra-wide band-gap, chemical robustness, and low-cost features, LaAlO3 shows great promise in developing next-generation compact, cheap, and easy-to-fabricate VUV PDs. In this work, we report the unique anisotropic photoresponse behavior of LaAlO3 single crystals for VUV photodetection applications. First of all, with the guidance of density functional theory (DFT) calculations along with the comprehensive material characterization, the anisotropic carrier transport behavior of LaAlO3 single crystals was confirmed. Thereafter, after exploring the metal–semiconductor–metal (MSM) device configuration along different substrate orientations, including (100), (110), and (111)-LaAlO3 single crystals, we found that the (110)-LaAlO3 VUV PD exhibits the best device performance under VUV illumination, with a responsivity of 2.23 mA W−1, a high detectivity of 3.72 × 1011 Jones, and a photo-to-dark-current ratio of 5.48 × 103. This work not only provides a feasible avenue to explore the anisotropic optoelectronic behavior of ultra-wide band-gap semiconductors but also expands the application of the low-cost oxide perovskite family in the field of VUV photodetection.

Graphical abstract: Anisotropic photoresponse behavior of a LaAlO3 single-crystal-based vacuum-ultraviolet photodetector

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Aug 2022
Accepted
13 Okt 2022
First published
13 Okt 2022

Nanoscale, 2022,14, 16829-16836

Anisotropic photoresponse behavior of a LaAlO3 single-crystal-based vacuum-ultraviolet photodetector

X. Sun, D. Wang, M. H. Memon, S. Zhu, H. Yu, H. Wang, S. Fang, Y. Kang, X. Liu, Y. Luo, H. Zhang, D. Luo and H. Sun, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 16829 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR04552D

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