Dielectrophoretic assembly of liquid-phase-exfoliated TiS3 nanoribbons for photodetecting applications. Issue 45 (23rd May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Frisenda, R.; Giovanelli, E.; Mishra, P.; Gant, P.; Flores, E.; Sánchez, C.; Ares, J. R.; Perez de Lara, D.; Ferrer, I. J.; Pérez, E. M.; Castellanos-Gomez, A.
• Is Part Of: Chemical communications. Volume 53:Issue 45(2017)
• Page Start: 6164
• Page End: 6167
• Publication Date: 2017-05-23
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/c7cc01845b
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-7345

Abstract

Abstract : Liquid-phase exfoliation produces colloidal two-dimensional materials that can be assembled by dielectrophoresis to fabricate optoelectronic devices. Abstract : Liquid-phase exfoliation is a technique capable of producing large quantities of two-dimensional materials in suspension. Despite many efforts in the optimization of the exfoliation process itself, not much has been done towards the integration of liquid-phase-exfoliated materials in working solid-state devices. In this article, we use dielectrophoresis to direct the assembly of liquid-phase-exfoliated TiS3 nanoribbons between two gold electrodes to produce photodetectors working in the visible region. Through electrical and optical measurements we characterize the responsivity of the device and we find values as large as 3.8 mA W −1, which are more than one order of magnitude higher compared to state-of-the-art devices based on liquid-phase-exfoliated two-dimensional materials assembled by drop-casting or ink-jet methods.