Strategy Toward Semiconducting Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<i><sub>x</sub></i>‐MXene: Phenylsulfonic Acid Groups Modified Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<i><sub>x</sub></i> as Photosensitive Material for Flexible Visual Sensory‐Neuromorphic System
Chuqiao Hu, Zhongming Wei, La Li, Guozhen Shen
Abstract
Abstract The excellent electronic and electrochemical properties make 2D MXenes suitable candidates for sensors, batteries, and supercapacitors. However, the metallic‐like behavior of MXenes hinders their potential for optoelectronic devices such as photodetectors. In this study, the band gap of metalloid Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene is successfully opened to 1.53 eV with phenylsulfonic acid groups and realized a transistor and high‐performance near‐infrared photodetector array for a flexible vision sensory‐neuromorphic system. The phenylsulfonic acid groups modified Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene (S‐Ti 3 C 2 T x )‐based flexible photodetector has a maximum responsivity of 8.50×10 2 A W −1 and a detectivity of 3.69×10 11 Jones under 1064 nm laser irradiation. Moreover, the fabricated flexible vision sensory‐neuromorphic system for image recognition realizes a high recognition rate >0.99, leading to great potential in the field of biological visual simulation and biomimetic eye. Besides conventional devices with Au as the conductive electrodes, all Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene‐based devices are also fabricated with S‐Ti 3 C 2 T x as the photosensitive material and unmodified Ti 3 C 2 T x as the conductive electrodes, exhibiting comparable optoelectronic performances.