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Au-modified ZnO thin films for higher-performance ultraviolet photodetectors

Akshta Rajan, Kashima Arora, Bhavna Vidhani, Jasvir Dalal, Pawan Kumar

2025RSC Advances5 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

= 15 s) and scalable fabrication routes. These results reveal the promise of Au/ZnO hybrid thin films for sensitive, lower-intensity UV detection with applications in flame sensing, wearable optoelectronics, and environmental monitoring.

Topics & Concepts

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsPhotodetectorPhotocurrentUltravioletDark currentThin filmBand gapSchottky barrierSurface plasmon resonanceOverlayerSchottky diodeSputteringPlasmonPhotoconductivityAbsorption (acoustics)Surface plasmonFabricationPhotodetectionWide-bandgap semiconductorNanoparticlePhotodiodeZnO doping and propertiesGa2O3 and related materialsThin-Film Transistor Technologies