Issue 46, 2021

Self-powered solar-blind UV/visible dual-band photodetection based on a solid-state PEDOT:PSS/α-Ga2O3 nanorod array/FTO photodetector

Abstract

Through the construction of a PEDOT:PSS/α-Ga2O3 heterojuntion on FTO by hydrothermal, low-temperature annealing and spin-coating processes, a self-powered PEDOT:PSS/α-Ga2O3 nanorod array/FTO photodetector has successfully realized dual-band photodetection; it possesses a solar-blind UV main band with a peak responsivity of ∼1.43 mA W−1 at 245 nm and a visible subband with a peak responsivity of ∼0.07 mA W−1 at 540 nm. Due to the highly efficient PEDOT:PSS/α-Ga2O3 heterojuntion, the peak responsivity in the solar-blind UV range is not only ∼104 times as high as that of the compared α-Ga2O3/FTO photodetector, but also one of the best values among the popular self-powered α-Ga2O3 nanorod array photodetectors based on the liquid-state photoelectrochemical structure, thus indicating the realization of a high-responsivity solid-state device with more convenient operation. More importantly, our photodetector has realized solar-blind UV/visible dual-band photodetection for the first time among self-powered Ga2O3-based dual-band photodetectors, which paves a feasible way to demonstrate high-performance solid-state α-Ga2O3 solar-blind UV/visible dual-band photodetection by easy, common and low-cost processes.

Graphical abstract: Self-powered solar-blind UV/visible dual-band photodetection based on a solid-state PEDOT:PSS/α-Ga2O3 nanorod array/FTO photodetector

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Aug 2021
Accepted
31 Oct 2021
First published
01 Nov 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021,9, 16459-16467

Self-powered solar-blind UV/visible dual-band photodetection based on a solid-state PEDOT:PSS/α-Ga2O3 nanorod array/FTO photodetector

M. Fan, K. Xu, X. Li, G. He and L. Cao, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 16459 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC04091J

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