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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Intrinsic Control in Defects Density for Improved ZnO Nanorod-Based UV Sensor Performance.

Abu Ul Hassan Sarwar Rana, Shoyebmohamad F Shaikh, Abdullah M Al-Enizi, Daniel Adjei Agyeman, Faizan Ghani, In Wook Nah, Areej Shahid

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Abu Ul Hassan Sarwar RanaIntelligent Mechatronics Engineering/Smart Device Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea.
Shoyebmohamad F ShaikhDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah M Al-EniziDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3967-5553
Daniel Adjei AgyemanDepartment of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul 04620, Korea.
Faizan GhaniEnvironmental Welfare Research Center, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, Hwarangno 14 gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Korea.
In Wook NahEnvironmental Welfare Research Center, Korea Institute of Science & Technology, Hwarangno 14 gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02792, Korea.
Areej ShahidDepartment of Electrical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
King Saud University · SAKorea Institute of Science and Technology · KRDongguk University · KRNational University of Sciences and Technology · PKSejong University · KR

Funding

King Saud University RSP-2019/55Sejong University Sejong University Research Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hitherto, most research has primarily focused on improving the UV sensor efficiency via surface treatments and by stimulating the ZnO nanorod (ZNR) surface Schottky barriers. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has yet probed the intrinsic crystal defect generation and its effects on UV sensor efficiency. In this study, we undertake this task by fabricating an intrinsic defect-prone hydrothermally grown ZNRs (S1), Ga-doped ZNRs (S2), and defect-free microwave-assisted grown ZNRs (S3). The defect states were recognized by studying X-ray diffraction and photoluminescence characteristics. The large number of crystal defects in S1 and S2 had two pronged disadvantages. (1) Most of the UV light was absorbed by the defect traps and the e-h pair generation was compromised. (2) Mobility was directly affected by the carrier-carrier scattering and phonon scattering processes. Hence, the overall UV sensor efficiency was compromised based on the defect-induced mobility-response model. Considering the facts, defect-free S3 exhibited the best UV sensor performance with the highest on/off ratio, the least impulse response time, the highest recombination time, and highest gain-induced responsivity to 368 nm UV light, which was desired of an efficient passive metal oxide-based UV sensor. Our results were compared with the recently published results.

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defectsdopingmobilitynanomaterialsresponsivityUV sensorZnO nanorods

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PMID31941055
PMCPMC7023152
OpenAlexW2999774979

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