Enhanced Photoresponsivity of 2H-MoTe2 by Inserting 1T-MoTe2 Interlayer Contact for Photodetector Applications

Abstract

The 2H molybdenum telluride (MoTe2) photodetector structures were made with inserting 1T-MoTe2 interlayer contacts. The optical response properties such as photoconductivity (PC) spectroscopy, illumination intensity dependent photoresponsivity, frequency dependent photocurrent, and time-resolved photoresponse were carried out in this study. In PC spectra, a much higher photoresponsivity of 2H-MoTe2 were observed by inserting 1T-MoTe2 interlayer contact. The frequency dependent photocurrent and time-resolved photoresponse investigations explore the carrier kinetic decay process of MoTe2 with different electrode contact. The Schottky barrier heights (SBH) extracted by thermionic emission theory were also investigated by inserting 1T-MoTe2 interlayer contacts. The results show the potential applicability for photodetection devices based MoTe2 layered transition metal dichalcogenides semiconductors.