Self-Powered UV Photodetectors Based on Heterojunctions Composed of ZnO Nanorods Coated with Thin Films of ZnS and CuI
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2023-05-17
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ACS Applied Nano Materials, Volume 6, issue 10, pp. 8529–8539
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A simple, inexpensive solution process is used to deposit γ-CuI thin films, and many aspects of the films, such as morphology, crystalline phase, and its optical and electrical properties on annealing are studied. All of the grown films exhibited p-type conductivity and an average transmittance of 70 to 80% in the visible region. The film annealed at 200 °C is observed to be relatively smooth with root-mean-square roughness of 13.25 nm. CuI films annealed at 200 °C displayed a hole mobility of 0.53 cm2/Vs and a hole concentration of 8.36 × 1018 cm-3. Additionally, the potential of γ-CuI as a p-type material for photodetection is explored by fabricating transparent hybrid ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors based on p-CuI/n-ZnO nanorods and p-CuI/n-ZnS/ZnO nanostructures. The high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) image showed that the ZnO nanorods grew as a single crystal along the [001] direction and smaller CuI attached on their surface. A simple sulfurization procedure has created a poly-nanocrystalline ZnS shell layer over the ZnO nanorods. Crucial photodetector parameters such as responsivity, external quantum efficiency, and detectivity are analyzed with different illumination intensities and incident wavelengths. Under self-powered conditions, upon illumination with 372 nm and intensity of 0.25 mW/cm2, the p-CuI/n-ZnO nanorod showed significant responsivity of 25.11 mA/W and detectivity of 4.59 × 1013 Jones. Insertion of the ZnS layer between the ZnO and CuI has enhanced these parameters to 43.85 mA/W and 3.84 × 1014 Jones, respectively. This research underlines the potential of p-type CuI as a transparent, high-performance optoelectronic material.Description
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copper iodide, p-type semiconductor, solution process, UV photodetector, ZnO nanorods
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Shyam, A, Amal Kaitheri, N K, Raju, R & Swaminathan, R 2023, ' Self-Powered UV Photodetectors Based on Heterojunctions Composed of ZnO Nanorods Coated with Thin Films of ZnS and CuI ', ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 8529–8539 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c00894