Journal
IEEE ACCESS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages 11954-11973Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3051187
Keywords
II-VI semiconductor materials; Zinc oxide; Substrates; Photodetectors; Licenses; Surface morphology; Catalysis; ZnO nanowires; nanorods; ultraviolet photodetector; surface; interface engineering; semiconductor features
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Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [11404246]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2018LA014]
- Key Research and Development Plan of Shandong Province [2019GGX101073]
- Higher School Science and Technology Plan of Shandong Province [J17KA188]
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Ultraviolet photodetectors have attracted significant research attention in recent years, with zinc oxide nanowires and nanorods considered the most potential materials. Researchers have utilized methods such as surface engineering and interface engineering to improve the photoelectric characteristics of ultraviolet photodetectors, emphasizing the semiconductor features of zinc oxide nanowires/nanorods and looking forward to future development.
Ultraviolet photodetectors have attracted significant research attention in recent years due to their potential applications in civilian and military fields. ZnO nanowires and nanorods have been regarded as the most potential candidates for ultraviolet photodetectors fabrication because of their peculiar characteristics and size effect, which are different from their bulk material. Recently, many novel routes and semiconductor features, such as the surface and interface engineering, the pryo-phototronic effect, the piezo-phototronic effect, the surface plasmon effect and the surface functionalization have been utilized to improve the photoelectric characteristics of ultraviolet photodetectors. Thus, the working mechanism of these effects existing in ZnO nanowires/nanorods-based ultraviolet photodetectors should be investigated in-depth. In this paper, firstly, the hydrothermal method and the chemical vapor deposition method, as two typical synthesis methods of ZnO nanowires are briefly reviewed. Secondly, we focus on reviewing the properties of varied ZnO nanowires/nanorods-based ultraviolet photodetectors constructed using the above mentioned semiconductor features with metal-semiconductor-metal structure, Schottky barrier structure, vertical p-n heterojunction structure and core-shell heterostructure. Furthermore, the most attractive self-powered ultraviolet photodetectors are systematically reviewed. For various ZnO nanowires/nanorods-based ultraviolet photodetectors, we put the emphasis on the working mechanism of semiconductor features to improve the properties of the photodetectors. Finally, we give an outlook on the future development of ZnO nanowires/nanorods-based ultraviolet photodetectors.
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