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  • Title: Anisotropic Broadband Photoresponse of Layered Type-II Weyl Semimetal MoTe2.
    Author: Lai J, Liu X, Ma J, Wang Q, Zhang K, Ren X, Liu Y, Gu Q, Zhuo X, Lu W, Wu Y, Li Y, Feng J, Zhou S, Chen JH, Sun D.
    Journal: Adv Mater; 2018 May; 30(22):e1707152. PubMed ID: 29665162.
    Abstract:
    Photodetectors based on Weyl semimetal promise extreme performance in terms of highly sensitive, broadband and self-powered operation owing to its extraordinary material properties. Layered Type-II Weyl semimetal that break Lorentz invariance can be further integrated with other two-dimensional materials to form van der Waals heterostructures and realize multiple functionalities inheriting the advantages of other two-dimensional materials. Herein, we report the realization of a broadband self-powered photodetector based on Type-II Weyl semimetal Td -MoTe2 . The prototype metal-MoTe2 -metal photodetector exhibits a responsivity of 0.40 mA W-1 and specific directivity of 1.07 × 108 Jones with 43 μs response time at 532 nm. Broadband responses from 532 nm to 10.6 μm are experimentally tested with a potential detection range extendable to far-infrared and terahertz. Furthermore, we identify the response of the detector is polarization angle sensitive due to the anisotropic response of MoTe2 . The anisotropy is found to be wavelength dependent, and the degree of anisotropy increases as the excitation wavelength gets closer to the Weyl nodes. In addition, with power and temperature dependent photoresponse measurements, the photocurrent generation mechanisms are investigated. Our results suggest this emerging class of materials can be harnessed for broadband angle sensitive, self-powered photodetection with decent responsivities.
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