• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 4, 648 (2024)
Shulin Sha1, Kai Tang1, Maosheng Liu1, Peng Wan1, Chenyang Zhu1, Daning Shi1, Caixia Kan1、2, and Mingming Jiang1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
  • 2e-mail: cxkan@nuaa.edu.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.505839 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shulin Sha, Kai Tang, Maosheng Liu, Peng Wan, Chenyang Zhu, Daning Shi, Caixia Kan, Mingming Jiang. High-performance, low-power, and flexible ultraviolet photodetector based on crossed ZnO microwires p-n homojunction[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(4): 648 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Low-power, flexible, and integrated photodetectors have attracted increasing attention due to their potential applications of photosensing, astronomy, communications, wearable electronics, etc. Herein, the samples of ZnO microwires having p-type (Sb-doped ZnO, ZnO:Sb) and n-type (Ga-doped ZnO, ZnO:Ga) conduction properties were synthesized individually. Sequentially, a p-n homojunction vertical structure photodiode involving a single ZnO:Sb microwire crossed with a ZnO:Ga microwire, which can detect ultraviolet light signals, was constructed. When exposed under 360 nm light illumination at -0.1 V, the proposed photodiode reveals pronounced photodetection features, including a largest on/off ratio of 105, responsivity of 2.3 A/W, specific detectivity of 6.5×1013 Jones, noise equivalent power of 4.8×10-15 W Hz-1/2, and superior photoelectron conversion efficiency of 7.8%. The photodiode also exhibits a fast response/recovery time of 0.48 ms/9.41 ms. Further, we propose a facile and scalable construction scheme to integrate a p-ZnO:Sbn-ZnO:Ga microwires homojunction component into a flexible, array-type detector, which manifests significant flexibility and electrical stability with insignificant degradation. Moreover, the as-constructed array unit can be integrated into a practical photoimaging system, which demonstrates remarkable high-resolution single-pixel imaging capability. The results represented in this work may supply a workable approach for developing low-dimensional ZnO-based homojunction optoelectronic devices with low-consumption, flexible, and integrated characteristics.
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    Shulin Sha, Kai Tang, Maosheng Liu, Peng Wan, Chenyang Zhu, Daning Shi, Caixia Kan, Mingming Jiang. High-performance, low-power, and flexible ultraviolet photodetector based on crossed ZnO microwires p-n homojunction[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(4): 648
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