Issue 11, 2022

Expansion of the response range of photoelectrochemical UV detector using an ITO/Ag-nanowire/quartz UV-visible transparent conductive electrode

Abstract

The photoelectrochemical (PEC) UV detector based on the traditional transparent conductive electrode (TCE) has a narrow response range due to the UV filtering effect. Here we prepared an Ag nanowire network by electrospinning and magnetron sputtering, and then transferred it to a quartz substrate to obtain a UV-visible TCE, which exhibits high transmittance of 80% in the UV region, and a very small sheet resistance of about 2 Ω sq−1. An ITO functional layer is deposited to further improve the vertical electron conductivity and inhibit electronic recombination. After the photoactive layer was prepared by a sintering-free method, the PEC UV detector based on the new electrode system showed excellent self-powered response performance, including fast response, linear response and high sensitivity, and the response range of the device was greatly extended to 220–400 nm. Our work provides an effective strategy for solving the key problems of PEC UV detectors.

Graphical abstract: Expansion of the response range of photoelectrochemical UV detector using an ITO/Ag-nanowire/quartz UV-visible transparent conductive electrode

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Dec 2021
Accepted
07 Feb 2022
First published
10 Feb 2022

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 4157-4165

Expansion of the response range of photoelectrochemical UV detector using an ITO/Ag-nanowire/quartz UV-visible transparent conductive electrode

Y. Wang, B. Li, P. Ren, M. Liu, Z. Gong, M. Zhang, H. Zhao, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang and J. Liu, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 4157 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC05815K

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