Research and Progress of Transparent, Flexible Tin Oxide Ultraviolet Photodetector

Optical detection is of great significance in various fields such as industry, military, and medical treatment, especially ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors. Moreover, as the demand for wearable devices continues to increase, the UV photodetector, which is one of the most important sensors, has put fo...

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Published inCrystals (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 12; p. 1479
Main Authors Ye, Qiannan, Zhang, Xu, Yao, Rihui, Luo, Dongxiang, Liu, Xianzhe, Zou, Wenxin, Guo, Chenxiao, Xu, Zhuohui, Ning, Honglong, Peng, Junbiao
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2021
Subjects
Efficiency
Electrodes
Excitons
Flexibility
flexible
Light
Metal oxides
Nanowires
Optimization
Photometers
Response time
Semiconductors
SnO2
Tensile strain
Tin dioxide
Tin oxides
transparent
Ultraviolet detectors
UV photodetector
wearable
Wearable technology
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Summary:Optical detection is of great significance in various fields such as industry, military, and medical treatment, especially ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors. Moreover, as the demand for wearable devices continues to increase, the UV photodetector, which is one of the most important sensors, has put forward higher requirements for bending resistance, durability, and transparency. Tin oxide (SnO2) has a wide band gap, high ultraviolet exciton gain, etc., and is considered to be an ideal material for preparing UV photodetectors. At present, SnO2-based UV photodetectors have a transparency of more than 70% in the visible light region and also have excellent flexibility of 160% tensile strain. Focusing on SnO2 nanostructures, the article mainly summarizes the progress of SnO2 UV photodetectors in flexibility and transparency in recent years and proposes feasible optimization directions and difficulties.
ISSN:2073-4352
2073-4352
DOI:10.3390/cryst11121479