In this paper, a side-polished fiber (SPF) coated with molybdenum diselenide (MoSe2) is proposed, and its characteristic of relative humidity (RH) sensing is investigated. It is found in the experiment that an enhancement in RH sensitivity (0.321 dB/%RH) can be achieved in a very wide RH range of 32%RH to 73%RH for the proposed MoSe2 coated SPF (MoSe2CSPF). It is also shown that the MoSe2CSPF has a rapid response of 1s and recovery time of 4s, which makes the sensor capable of monitoring human breath. The experimental results suggest MoSe2 has a promising potential in photonics applications such as all-fiber optic humidity sensing networks.
Two-dimensional (2D)-material-based photodetectors have recently received great attention due to their potentials in developing ultrathin and highly compact devices. Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are widely used in a variety of fields such as optical communications and bioimaging due to their fast responses and high sensitivities. However, conventional APDs based on bulk materials are limited by their relatively high dark current. One solution to tackle this issue is by employing nanomaterials and nanostructures as the active layers for APDs. In this study, we proposed and fabricated an atomically-thick APD based on heterojunctions formed by 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). A typical device structure was formed by stacking a semiconducting monolayer WS2 onto two metallic few-layer MoTe2 flakes. Due to the Schottky barrier formed between the TMD layers and their atomic thicknesses, the dark current of the APD is greatly reduced down to 93 pA. In addition, the APD can operate through a broad spectral range from visible to near-infrared region, with a responsivity of 6.02 A/W, an external quantum efficiency of 1,406%, and an avalanche gain of 587. We believe that the 2D APD demonstrated here provides a feasible approach for developing all-2D optoelectronic devices with simultaneous high-sensitivity and low noise.
Chemical
vapor deposition (CVD) is a promising method to obtain
monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with high quality
and enough size to meet the requirements of practical photoelectric
devices. However, the as-grown monolayers often exhibit a lower PL
performance due to the stress between the as-grown TMDCs flakes and
the substrate. Therefore, finding a facile method to effectively promote
the photoluminescence quantum yield (PL QY) of CVD monolayer TMDCs
with a clean surface is highly desirable for practical applications.
In this work, based on the CVD monolayers MoS2 and MoSe2, the effect of various stress relaxation methods on the TMDCs
PL enhancement is systemically studied. By comparing the different
kinds of volatile solution treatment processes, as well as the traditional
transfer process, it can be found that the volatile solution with
a moderate volatilization rate such as ethanol or IPA is a preferred
option to improve the PL performance of the CVD monolayer TMDCs, which
also surpasses the traditional transfer method by avoiding wrinkles,
defects, and contamination to the samples. PL QY of ethanol-treated
CVD samples could increase by 6 times on average. Significantly, PL
QY of CVD MoSe2 treated by ethanol can reach ∼16%,
which is at the forefront of the previous reports of 2D MoSe2. Our study demonstrated an optimized method to enhance the PL QY
of CVD monolayer TMDCs, which would facilitate TMDCs optoelectronics.
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