Journal
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
Volume 6, Issue 22, Pages 20899-20908Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.3c03898
Keywords
photodetector; amorphous oxide semiconductors; field-effect transistor; zinc tin oxide; zinc oxidenanowire; neuromorphic synaptic
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This study investigates the growth of ZnO nanowires on ZTO-based FETs to develop a superior photosensitive self-powered photodetector. The resulting device exhibits high sensitivity and long carrier lifetime. Highly sensitive photodetectors based on ZTO/ZnO NW transistors are expected to have critical applications in various fields.
High-performance photodetectors are crucial to developing cutting-edge technologies in many disciplines, such as medicine, optical communication, display and imaging, military, environmental monitoring, security checks, scientific research, and industrial process control. Field-effect phototransistors (FETs) using an amorphous oxide semiconductor, zinc-tin oxide (ZTO), show great potential as next-generation photodetectors. Regrettably, typical ZTO-based FETs have drawbacks preventing their widespread adoption in commercial applications, including reduced photosensitivity, slow reaction time, and insufficient mechanical flexibility. Here, ZnO nanowire (NW) growth on ZTO-based FETs for a superior photosensitive self-powered photodetector was studied for the first time. Initially, the ZTO-based photodetector was illuminated under 550 mu W/cm(2) ultraviolet (UV) intensities, which exhibit sensitivity (responsivity) of 7.33 (0.21 AW(-1)) and 1.34 (0.66 AW(-1)) under atmosphere and vacuum environments, respectively. The excess oxygen ions in the atmosphere significantly boost photosensitivity compared to that in a vacuum environment. Furthermore, ZTO/ZnO NWs-based FETs were illuminated under 106 mu W/cm(2) UV intensities, thus exhibiting excellent sensitivity (responsivity) of 8.67 x 10(4) (160.79 AW(-1)) under an atmosphere environment. Moreover, our device is a promising candidate for UV detection under weak UV illumination. Additionally, the superior charge carrier transport and mobility of ZnO NWs lower the recombination rate of photogenerated charge carriers and extend the lifespan of free charge carriers in photodetectors. Highly sensitive photodetectors based on ZTO/ZnO NW transistors are expected to have critical applications in various forefront domain fields, including bio-, flexible, wearable, transparent electronics and neuromorphic synaptic applications.
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