A high-performance ReS2 -based thin-film transistor and photodetector with high on/off-current ratio (10(4) ), high mobility (7.6 cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) ), high photoresponsivity (2.5 × 10(7) A W(-1) ), and fast temporal response (rising and decaying time of 670 ms and 5.6 s, respectively) through O2 plasma treatment is reported.

The effects of triphenylphosphine (PPh3 )-based n-doping and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) insertion on a tungsten diselenide (WSe2 ) photodetector are systematically studied, and a very high performance WSe2 /h-BN heterostucture-based photodetector is demonstrated with a record photoresponsivity (1.27 × 10(6) A W(-1) ) and temporal photoresponse (rise time: 2.8 ms, decay time: 20.8 ms) under 520 nm wavelength and 5 pW power laser illumination.

Using field-angle, temperature, and back-gate-voltage dependence of the weak anti-localization (WAL) and universal conductance fluctuations of thin Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.7Se1.3 topological-insulator single crystals, in combination with gate-tuned Hall resistivity measurements, we reliably separated the surface conduction of the topological nature from both the bulk conduction and topologically trivial surface conduction. We minimized the bulk conduction in the crystals and back-gate tuned the Fermi level to the topological bottom-surface band while keeping the top surface insensitive to back-gating with the optimal crystal thickness of ∼100 nm. We argue that the WAL effect occurring by the coherent diffusive motion of carriers in relatively low magnetic fields is more essential than other transport tools such as the Shubnikov-de Hass oscillations for confirming the conduction by the topologically protected surface state. Our approach provides a highly coherent picture of the surface transport properties of TIs and a reliable means of investigating the fundamental topological nature of surface conduction and possible quantum-device applications related to momentum-locked spin polarization in surface states.

A WSe2 -based vertical graphene-transition metal dichalcogenide heterojunction barristor shows an unprecedented on-current increase with decreasing temperature and an extremely high on/off-current ratio of 5 × 10(7) at 180 K (3 × 10(4) at room temperature). These features originate from a trap-assisted tunneling process involving WSe2 defect states aligned near the graphene Dirac point.

The effects of triphenylphosphine and (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane on a rhenium diselenide (ReSe2 ) photodetector are systematically studied by comparing with conventional MoS2 devices. This study demonstrates a very high performance ReSe2 photodetector with high photoresponsivity (1.18 × 10(6) A W(-1) ), fast photoswitching speed (rising/decaying time: 58/263 ms), and broad photodetection range (possible above 1064 nm).