Highly-Responsive Broadband Photodetector Based on Graphene-PTAA-SnS(2) Hybrid

The development of wearable systems stimulate the exploration of flexible broadband photodetectors with high responsivity and stability. In this paper, we propose a facile liquid-exfoliating method to prepare SnS(2) nanosheets with high-quality crystalline structure and optoelectronic properties. A flexible photodetector is fabricated using the SnS(2) nanosheets with graphene-poly[bis(4-phenyl) (2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) amine (PTAA) hybrid structure. The liquid-exfoliated SnS(2) nanosheets enable the photodetection from ultraviolet to near infrared with high responsivity and detectivity. The flexible broadband photodetector demonstrates a maximum responsivity of 1 × 10(5) A/W, 3.9 × 10(4) A/W, 8.6 × 10(2) A/W and 18.4 A/W under 360 nm, 405 nm, 532 nm, and 785 nm illuminations, with specific detectivity up to ~10(12) Jones, ~10(11) Jones, ~10(9) Jones, and ~10(8) Jones, respectively. Furthermore, the flexible photodetector exhibits nearly invariable performance over 3000 bending cycles, rendering great potentials for wearable applications.