Optoelectronic logic gate devices (OLGDs) have attracted
significant
attention in high-density information processors; however, multifunctional
logic operation in a single device is technically challenging due
to the unidirectional electrical transport. In this work, we deliberately
design all-in-one OLGDs based on self-powered CdTe/SnSe heterojunction
photodetectors. The SnSe nanorod (NR) array is grown on the sputtered
CdTe film via a glancing-angle deposition technique to form a heterojunction
device. At the interface, the photovoltaic (PV) effect in the CdTe/SnSe
heterojunction and the photothermoelectric (PTE) effect from the SnSe
NRs are combined together to induce the reversed photocurrent, leading
to a unique bipolar spectral response. The competition between PV
and PTE in different spectral ranges is thus employed to control the
photocurrent polarity, and five basic logic gates of OR, AND, NAND,
NOR, and NOT can be performed just with a single heterojunction. Our
findings indicate the large potentials of the CdTe/SnSe heterojunctions
as logic units in next-generation sensing-computing systems.
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