Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 44, Issue 1, 9(2025)

A HgTe/ZnO quantum dots vertically stacked heterojunction low dark current photodetector

Xin-Ning HUANG1...2, Teng-Teng JIANG1,2, Yun-Xiang DI1, Mao-Bin XIE1,2, Tian-Le GUO1,*, Jing-Jing LIU1, Bin-Min WU1, Jing-Mei SHI4, Qiang QIN4, Gong-Rong DENG4, Yan CHEN1, Tie LIN1, Hong SHEN1, Xiang-Jian MENG1, Xu-Dong WANG1, Jun-Hao CHU1,2, Jun GE1,** and Jian-Lu WANG3 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics,Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200083,China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • 3Frontier Institute of Chip and System,Institute of Optoelectronics,Shanghai Frontier Base of Intelligent Optoelectronics and Perception,Fudan University,Shanghai 200438,China
  • 4Kunming Institute of Physics,Kunming 650223,China
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    Basic physical characteristics of materials.(a) Device structure diagram of HgTe/ZnO heterojunction;(b) the AFM image of HgTe film;(c) the AFM image of ZnO film;(d)the absorption spectrum of HgTe film;(e) the absorption spectrum of ZnO film;(f) XPS spectra of Zn 2p and O 1s orbitals of ZnO thin films
    The UPS of HgTe CQDs and ZnO QDs:(a)-(b) Valence band spectrum and second electron cutoffs of ZnO;(c)-(d) Valence band spectrum and second electron cutoffs of HgTe
    The HgTe CQDs/ZnO QDs heterojunction:(a) Energy band diagram of the device;(b) the optical image of device;(c) the Cross-sectional SEM image of device
    The photoelectric properties at room temperature:(a) The output characteristic curve of the HgTe/ZnO heterojunction detector under 520 nm laser illumination with power varying from 0 to 9 W cm-2;(b) The linear dynamic response range of the HgTe/ZnO heterojunction detector at 0 V;(c) The transient response of the HgTe/ZnO heterojunction detector at 0 V;(d) The response bandwidth of the HgTe/ZnO heterojunction detector
    The photoelectric properties at low temperatures:(a) The output characteristic curves of the HgTe/ZnO heterojunction detector at 80 K under dark conditions and under illumination by a 1 625 nm laser;(b) The relationship between current noise and frequency for the HgTe/ZnO heterojunction detector at 80 K with a 1 V bias voltage;(c) The variable temperature output characteristic curves of the HgTe/ZnO heterojunction detector in the dark state;(d) The Arrhenius fitting graph of the HgTe/ZnO heterojunction detector under a bias voltage of 1 V
    • Table 1. Dark current level comparison based on different HgTe CQDs device structures

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      Table 1. Dark current level comparison based on different HgTe CQDs device structures

      DeviceT(K)Dark current(A cm-2Ref
      HgTe CQDs homojunction805 × 10-614
      HgTe CQDs planer p-n junction3001 × 10-716
      HgTe CQD/SnO2 diode3001 × 10-627
      HgTe CQD/ZnO heterojunction80/3005.23 × 10-9/9 × 10-8This work
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    Xin-Ning HUANG, Teng-Teng JIANG, Yun-Xiang DI, Mao-Bin XIE, Tian-Le GUO, Jing-Jing LIU, Bin-Min WU, Jing-Mei SHI, Qiang QIN, Gong-Rong DENG, Yan CHEN, Tie LIN, Hong SHEN, Xiang-Jian MENG, Xu-Dong WANG, Jun-Hao CHU, Jun GE, Jian-Lu WANG. A HgTe/ZnO quantum dots vertically stacked heterojunction low dark current photodetector[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2025, 44(1): 9

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    Paper Information

    Category: Infrared Physics, Materials and Devices

    Received: Mar. 20, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 5, 2025

    The Author Email: GUO Tian-Le (guotianle@mail.sitp.ac.cn), GE Jun (Wonderge@163.com)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2025.01.002

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