Two-dimensional Materials based Printed Photodetectors

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer several unique advantages for high-performance light detection including fast response, high responsivity, broadband response and relatively low noise levels. 2D materials integrated photodetectors often use chemical vapor deposition grown materials, which despite their good quality are relatively high cost and not easily scalable. 2D materials based inks, fabricated through liquid phase exfoliation of bulk crystals, are attractive alternatives due to their low cost, ease of processing and scalable production. Combined with these advantages, mature printing methods available for 2D inks allow large scale electronic device fabrication for a variety of high performance applications including energy storage, solar cells, photodetectors, etc. In this review, we summarize production of 2D materials based inks, their printing methods, and applications for high performance photodetection.