Giant infrared bulk photovoltaic effect in tellurene for broad-spectrum neuromodulation

Zhen Wang; Chunhua Tan; Meng Peng; Yiye Yu; Fang Zhong; Peng Wang; Ting He; Yang Wang; Zhenhan Zhang; Runzhang Xie; Fang Wang; Shuijin He; Peng Zhou; Weida Hu

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Giant infrared bulk photovoltaic effect in tellurene for broad-spectrum neuromodulation

Original Articles

- Giant infrared bulk photovoltaic effect in tellurene for broad-spectrum neuromodulation
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 13, Issue 11, Pages: 2812-2823(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
  2.State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Department of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  4.School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
  5.School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, China
  6.Shanghai Clinical Research and Trial Center, Shanghai, China
- Author bio：
  
  Shuijin He (heshj@shanghaitech.edu.cn)
  Peng Zhou (pengzhou@fudan.edu.cn)
  Weida Hu (wdhu@mail.sitp.ac.cn)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01640-w
  CLC：
- Received：22 August 2024，
  
  Revised：30 August 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-09-14，
  
  Published Online：27 September 2024，
  
  Published：30 November 2024
- Accepted：
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Wang, Z. et al. Giant infrared bulk photovoltaic effect in tellurene for broad-spectrum neuromodulation. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 2812-2823 (2024).
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Wang, Z. et al. Giant infrared bulk photovoltaic effect in tellurene for broad-spectrum neuromodulation. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 2812-2823 (2024). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01640-w.

摘要

Abstract

Given the surpassing of the Shockley-Quiesser efficiency limit in conventional p-n junction photovoltaic effect

bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) has garnered significant research interest. However

the BPVE primarily focuses on a narrow wavelength range

limiting its potential applications. Here we report a giant infrared bulk photovoltaic effect in tellurene (

Te) for broad-spectrum neuromodulation. The generated photocurrent in uniformly illuminated Te excludes other photoelectric effects and is attributed to the BPVE. The bulk photovoltaic wavelength in Te spans a wide range from the ultraviolet (390 nm) to the mid-infrared (3.8 µm). Moreover

the photocurrent density of 70.4 A cm

−2

under infrared light simulation outperforms that in previous ultraviolet and visible semiconductors as well as infrared semimetals. Te attached to the dendrites or somata of the cortical neurons successfully elicit action potentials under broad-spectrum light irradiation. This work lays the foundation for the further development of infrared BPVE in narrow bandgap materials.

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