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On-chip colloidal quantum dot devices with a CMOS compatible architecture for near-infrared light sensing

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Solution-processed semiconductors that exhibit tunable light absorption and can be directly integrated into state-of-the-art silicon technologies are attractive for near-infrared (NIR) light detection in applications of medical imaging, night vision cameras, hyperspectral sensing, etc. Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) is regarded as a promising candidate for its solution-processability and superior optoelectronic properties. Here we propose an on-chip CQD photodetector, photodiode-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, for NIR light sensing. This CMOS compatible device architecture utilizes silicon as a channel for carrier transport and PbS CQD as the light absorbing material controlling the channel conductivity. While the light with a wavelength longer than about 1100 nm cannot excite a photocurrent in commercial silicon-based photodetectors due to the absorption cutoff of silicon, the proposed photodetector can have responses owing to the usage of a PbS CQD photodiode. Simulations showed that the photodiode could provide photovoltage to the semiconductor, forming an inversion layer at the oxide-semiconductor interface, and the electron density at the interface is significantly enhanced. As a result, currents could flow through this layer with ease between the source and drain electrodes. For a proof-of-concept demonstration, we experimentally connected a CQD photodiode with a commercial silicon transistor and proved that the current from the transistor could be increased by photovoltage provided by the photodiode under NIR light illumination. The device shows a responsivity of 5.9A/W at the wavelength of 1250 nm.

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