Issue 9, 2020

A self-powered photodetector based on two-dimensional boron nanosheets

Abstract

Owing to their intriguing characteristics, the ongoing pursuit of emerging mono-elemental two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets beyond graphene is an exciting research area for next-generation applications. Herein, we demonstrate that highly crystalline 2D boron (B) nanosheets can be efficiently synthesized by employing a modified liquid phase exfoliation method. Moreover, carrier dynamics has been systematically investigated by using femtosecond time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy, demonstrating an ultrafast recovery speed during carrier transfer. Based on these results, the optoelectronic performance of the as-synthesized 2D B nanosheets has been investigated by applying them in photoelectrochemical (PEC)-type and field effect transistor (FET)-type photodetectors. The experimental results revealed that the as-fabricated PEC device not only exhibited a favourable self-powered capability, but also a high photoresponsivity of 2.9–91.7 μA W−1 in the UV region. Besides, the FET device also exhibited a tunable photoresponsivity in the range of 174–281.3 μA W−1 under the irradiation of excited light at 405 nm. We strongly believe that the current work shall pave the path for successful utilization of 2D B nanosheets in electronic and optoelectronic devices. Moreover, the proposed method can be utilized to explore other mono-elemental 2D nanomaterials.

Graphical abstract: A self-powered photodetector based on two-dimensional boron nanosheets

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Jan 2020
Accepted
06 Feb 2020
First published
21 Feb 2020

Nanoscale, 2020,12, 5313-5323

A self-powered photodetector based on two-dimensional boron nanosheets

D. Ma, R. Wang, J. Zhao, Q. Chen, L. Wu, D. Li, L. Su, X. Jiang, Z. Luo, Y. Ge, J. Li, Y. Zhang and H. Zhang, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 5313 DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00005A

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