journal article·2026-04-08

High-Performance Narrow-Band Self-Powered Solar-Blind Ultraviolet Photodetector Enabled by the Hf 0.5 Zr 0.5 O 2 /(Sn 0.1 Ga 0.9 ) 2 O 3 Heterojunction

Rui Tang, Luanxu Zhu, Zihe Wang, Yongming Hu, Yunbin He, Haoxiang Ma, Omer Rauf, Usman Rauf, Qingfeng Zhang

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces· Volume 18· Issue 13
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Abstract

While ferroelectric-enhanced Ga 2 O 3 -based self-powered solar-blind ultraviolet photodetectors (SBUVPDs) can offer high-performance detection of 200–280 nm wavelength due to efficient carrier separation, their accuracy is often compromised by the narrow bandgap (<4 eV) of traditional ferroelectric materials, which makes them susceptible to interference from light signals beyond the SBUV region. To address this issue, we developed a narrow-band self-powered SBUVPD based on Hf 0.5 Zr 0.5 O 2 /(Sn 0.1 Ga 0.9 ) 2 O 3 heterojunction thin films. This device benefits from a strong ferroelectric depolarization field throughout the whole Hf 0.5 Zr 0.5 O 2 thin film, and a type-II band alignment at the interfaces of Hf 0.5 Zr 0.5 O 2 and (Sn 0.1 Ga 0.9 ) 2 O 3, yielding excellent photoresponse performances with a high responsivity of 25.10 mA/W, large detectivity of 4.63 × 10 11 Jones, and fast rise/decay time of 201/325 ms at 0 V bias. Crucially, the ultrawide bandgap (5.45 eV) of Hf 0.5 Zr 0.5 O 2 confines the cutoff wavelength to within 280 nm, ensuring high detection accuracy. The overall performances of this device outperform those of the most recently reported SBUVPDs utilizing Ga 2 O 3 materials, demonstrating that integrating ultrawide-bandgap ferroelectric layers is an effective strategy for creating high-property, narrow-band SBUVPDs.
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OpenAlex topics: Ga2O3 and related materials · Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques · Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices

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Affiliations

Hubei Key Laboratory of Micro-Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science & Engineering

Hubei University

Hubei Key Laboratory of Micro-Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices, School of Intelligent Manufacturing

School of Microelectronics

Wuhan Textile University

Deep Sea Engineering Division, Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Computer Engineering Department

University of Engineering and Technology

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) · Science and Technology Innovation Base of Hubei Province

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