High-Performance Phototransistor of Epitaxial PbS Nanoplate-Graphene Heterostructure with Edge Contact

Adv Mater. 2016 Aug;28(30):6497-503. doi: 10.1002/adma.201601071. Epub 2016 May 11.

Abstract

Fast infrared response (rising time = 24 ms) and ultrahigh photoconductive gain (10(8) ) are obtained in epitaxial PbS-nanoplate-graphene heterostructures. Combining density functional theory with experiments, this study finds single-crystalline PbS nanoplates are covalently bound to the grapheme edge with strong chemical hybridization, which offers a fast carrier transmission path.

Keywords: PbS nanoplate-graphene heterostructures; chemical hybridization; edge contacts; phototransistors.