High Photovoltaic Quantum Efficiency in Ultrathin van der Waals Heterostructures.

Wong, Joeson; Jariwala, Deep; Tagliabue, Giulia; Tat, Kevin; Davoyan, Artur R; Sherrott, Michelle C; Atwater, Harry A · ACS Nano · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We report experimental measurements for ultrathin (<15 nm) van der Waals heterostructures exhibiting external quantum efficiencies exceeding 50% and show that these structures can achieve experimental absorbance >90%. By coupling electromagnetic simulations and experimental measurements, we show that pn WSe<sub>2</sub>/MoS<sub>2</sub> heterojunctions with vertical carrier collection can have internal photocarrier collection efficiencies exceeding 70%.