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Tunable ultraviolet sensing performance of Al-modified ZnO nanoparticles

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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
卷 884, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161113

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Optoelectronic properties; Interstitial defects; Wide bandgap material; UV photodetector; Electrical conductivity

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  1. University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India, under the Maulana Azad National Fellowship [F1-17.1/2015-16/MANF2015-17-MAD-49190]

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The study indicates that Al-doped ZnO nanoparticles show potential as an active material for UV photodetectors. Doping results in a reduction of bandgap, improved conductivity, and increased sensitivity to emissions from defect sites.
The potential of polycrystalline Al-doped ZnO nanoparticles as an active material for UV photodetectors has been investigated. The Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction data revealed a single hexagonal phase of the nanoparticles. A slight deviation in the lattice cell constants from pristine ZnO was observed, associated with defect creation and strain generated due to Al3+ substitution. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy image reveals a spherical morphology of both the doped and undoped ZnO nano-particles. Stacking faults observed in the Al-doped samples is an indication of a proper Al-doping and is a signature of high density of crystal defects. The bandgap was found to reduce due to the delocalization of impurity energy states as a result of Al3+ substitution. Consequently, conductivity was improved in doped samples. Photoluminescence spectroscopy revealed a strong dependence of the emissions from defect sites on dopant content. Further, a correlation of the FWHM of the E-2(high) Raman mode to the Urbach energy was observed. The UV sensing analysis demonstrates the enhancement of the photocurrent and improved sensitivity. Thus, this work provides a simple, cost-effective, and tunable processing strategy for synthe-sizing and applying ZnO-based nanomaterials for high-performance UV photodetectors. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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