Photoelectrochemical properties of self-powered corundum-structured Ga2O3 nanorod array/fluorine-doped SnO2 photodetectors modulated by precursor concentrations

Author:

Zheng Zhi-Yuan,Fan Ming-MingORCID

Abstract

Abstract Herein, corundum-structured Ga2O3 (α-Ga2O3) nanorod array/fluorine-doped SnO2 (FTO) structures have been fabricated by hydrothermal and thermal annealing processes with different precursor concentrations from 0.01 to 0.06 M. The diameter and length of the nanorod arrays are much larger with increasing precursor concentrations due to more nucleation sites and precursor ions participating in the reaction procedures. The optical bandgap decreases from 4.75 to 4.47 eV because of the tensile stress relieving with increasing the precursor concentrations. Based on self-powered photoelectrochemical (PEC) photodetectors, the peak responsivity is improved from ∼0.33 mA W−1 for 0.06 M to ∼1.51 mA W−1 for 0.02 M. Schottky junctions can be formed in PEC cells. More photogenerated carriers can be produced in wider depletion region. From Mott–Schottky plots, the depletion regions become much wider with decreasing the precursor concentrations. Therefore, the enhance responsivity is owing to the wider depletion regions. Due to the reduced possibility of photogenerated holes captured by traps ascribed from fewer green and yellow luminescence defects, smaller charge transfer resistance, and shorter transportation route, the decay time becomes much faster through decreasing the precursor concentrations. Compared with the other self-powered α-Ga2O3-nanorod-array-based PEC photodetectors, it shows the fastest response time (decay time of 0.005 s/0.026 s) simply modulated by precursor concentrations for the first time without employing complex precursors, seed layers or special device designs. Compared with other high-responsivity monoclinic Ga2O3 (β-Ga2O3) self-powered photodetectors, our devices also show comparable response speed with simple control and design. This work provides the realization of fast-speed self-powered Ga2O3 based solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors by simple modulation processes and design, which is a significant guidance for their applications in warnings, imaging, computing, communication and logic circuit, in the future.

Funder

Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province

Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

IOP Publishing

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