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Piezophototronic Effect Enhanced Photoresponse of the Flexible Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGS) Heterojunction Photodetectors
Author(s) -
Qiao Shuang,
Liu Jihong,
Niu Xiaona,
Liang Baolai,
Fu Guangsheng,
Li Zhiqiang,
Wang Shufang,
Ren Kailiang,
Pan Caofeng
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201707311
Subject(s) - photodetector , materials science , responsivity , heterojunction , copper indium gallium selenide solar cells , optoelectronics , thin film , substrate (aquarium) , solar cell , nanotechnology , oceanography , geology
The Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGS) heterojunction, as a mature and high efficiency thin‐film solar cell, is rarely studied as a photodetector, especially in flexible substrates. In this paper, the structure of an ITO/ZnO/CdS/CIGS/Mo heterojunction is grown on the polyimide (PI) substrate to form a flexible CIGS heterojunction photodetector. The photodetector can work in a very wide band ranging from 350 to 1200 nm with responsivity up to 1.18 A W −1 (808 nm), detectivity up to 6.56 × 10 10 Jones (cmHz 1/2 W −1 ), and response time of 70 (/88) ms, respectively. Moreover, the piezophototronic effect is first used to investigate performance modulation of this device by effectively controlling the separation and transport of carriers at the interface of CdS/ZnO. Interestingly, by externally applying a 0.763% tensile strain, the photoresponsivity and detectivity of the photodetector exhibit a decrease from 1.18 to 0.88 A W −1 , and from 6.56 × 10 10 to 4.81 × 10 10 Jones, respectively, while under a –0.749% externally static compressive strain, the photoresponsivity could be enhanced by ≈75.4% with a maximum of 2.07 A W −1 , and the detectivity is improved by ≈66.1% with its peak value up to 10.9 × 10 10 Jones. Meanwhile, the response time can be modulated from 99(/116) to 41.3(/42.6) ms. This work suggests that the CIGS heterojunction has great potential in novel applications for piezophototronic sensors and also gives a hint to modulate the performance of other multilayer heterostructures via the piezotronic effect.