Dual wavelength (ultraviolet and green) photodetectors using solution processed zinc oxide nanoparticles

O'Neill, Mary; Ibrahem, Mohammed A.; Verrelli, Emanuele; Lai, Khue T.; Kyriakou, Georgios; Lee, Adam F.; Isaacs, Mark A.; Cheng, Fei; O’Neill, Mary

Abstract

Narrow-band photoconductivity with a spectral width of 0.16 eV is obtained from solution-processed colloidal ZnO nanocrystals beneath the band-edge at 2.25 eV. A new model involving electron transfer from deep defects to discrete shallow donors is introduced to explain the narrow spectrum and the exponential form of the current rise and decay transients. The defects are tentatively assigned to neutral oxygen vacancies. The photocurrent responsivity can be enhanced by storage in air, and this correlates with the formation of carbonate surface species by capture of carbon dioxide during storage. This controllability is exploited to develop a low-cost and scalable photolithographic approach to pixelate photodetectors for applications such as object discrimination, sensing, etc. The spectral response can be spatially patterned so that dual (ultraviolet and green) and single (ultraviolet only) wavelength detecting ZnO pixels can be produced on the same substrate. This presents a new sensor mode with applications in security or full color imaging.

Citation

O'Neill, M., Ibrahem, M. A., Verrelli, E., Lai, K. T., Kyriakou, G., Lee, A. F., …O’Neill, M. (2017). Dual wavelength (ultraviolet and green) photodetectors using solution processed zinc oxide nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(42), 36971-36979. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b08092

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 26, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Sep 26, 2017
• Publication Date: Oct 25, 2017
• Deposit Date: Dec 8, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 27, 2018
• Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• Print ISSN: 1944-8244
• Electronic ISSN: 1944-8252
• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 42
• Pages: 36971-36979
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b08092
• Keywords: Defects; Imaging photodetectors; Persistent photoconductivity; Photolithography; ZnO nanoparticles
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/498580
• Publisher URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b08092