Colloidal Quantum-Dot Heterojunction Imagers for Room-Temperature Thermal Imaging.

Mu, Ge; Zheng, Xiaolong; Tan, Yimei; Liu, Yanfei; Hao, Qun; Weng, Kangkang; Tang, Xin · Adv Mater · 2025

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Room-temperature operation or high-operation temperature (HOT) is essential for mid-wave infrared (MWIR) optoelectronics devices providing low-cost and compact systems for numerous applications. Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) have emerged as a rising candidate to enable photodetectors to operate at HOT or room temperature and develop the next-generation infrared focal plane array (FPA) imagers. Here, band-engineered heterojunctions are demonstrated to suppress dark current with well-passivated mercury telluride (HgTe) CQDs enabling room-temperature MWIR imaging by single-pixel scanning and 640 × 512 FPA sensitive thermal imaging above 250 K. As a result, the room-temperature detectivity reaches as high as 1.26 × 10<sup>10</sup> Jones, and the noise equivalent temperature difference (NETD) is as good as 25 mK up to 200 K.