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UV photodetector based on polycrystalline SnO₂ nanotubes by electrospinning with enhanced performance

Authors: Yaohua Li, Wenxiu Huang, Hui Liu, Jinshou Wang, Li Tian, Shenghui Zhang

Published in: Journal of Nanoparticle Research | Issue 12/2018

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UV (ultraviolet) photodetectors with high performance have a wide range of applications such as environmental monitoring and water sterilization. Herein, we have demonstrated that the visible-blind UV photodetectors based on polycrystalline SnO₂ nanotubes by electrospinning combined the advantages of low dark current and high photocurrent-to-dark current ratio. The optimized photodetector based on SnO₂ nanotube film showed a strong rise in current amplitude; the photocurrent was 25.60 nA, about 850 times larger than the dark current of 0.03 nA, under a voltage as small as 1.0 V and 320 nm illumination at 75 μW/cm². In addition, these devices presented improved characteristic on time responses. Investigations indicated that the features of high signal-to-noise ratio and relatively fast response speed are strongly relied upon the band-edge modulation along the axial direction of nanotube, where Schottky barriers are formed among the grain interfaces of polycrystalline SnO₂ nanoparticles, together with the processes of oxygen adsorption/desorption in air. These results suggest that the polycrystalline SnO₂ nanotube is a potential candidate for the fabrication of photodetector with low cost and high performance.

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Title: UV photodetector based on polycrystalline SnO2 nanotubes by electrospinning with enhanced performance
Authors: Yaohua Li
Wenxiu Huang
Hui Liu
Jinshou Wang
Li Tian
Shenghui Zhang
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Journal of Nanoparticle Research / Issue 12/2018
Print ISSN: 1388-0764
Electronic ISSN: 1572-896X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-018-4440-y

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