Fabrication of Near Ultraviolet Photodetector using α-Fe2O3 Thin FilmSynthesized via Spray Coating Technique

Abstract

Abstract A UV photodetector was created using a spray-deposited α-Fe2O3 thin film on a glass substrate at 160 °C. The film’s thickness was approximately 110 nm. With a near UV light at a wavelength of 340 nm and an intensity of 140 µW/cm2, the photosensitivity of an individual α-Fe2O3 thin film photodetector was greater than 40%. An individual α-Fe2O3 thin film-based photodetector’s rapid photoresponse time of 1.6 ms and responsivity of ~ 1 mA/W can be attributed to the band gap and chemisorption of oxygen on the film’s surface. The photodetectors’ simple, low-cost, and large-scale fabrication demonstrates the fabrication of a stable, reversible, and rapid photo-responsive photodetector for near UV wavelength.