Abstract

The unique optical properties of metal nitrides enhance many photoelectrical applications. In this work, a novel photodetector based on TiO2/TiN nanotubes was deposited on a porous aluminum oxide template (PAOT) for light power intensity and wavelength detection. The PAOT was fabricated by the Ni-imprinting technique through a two-step anodization method. The TiO2/TiN layers were deposited by using atomic layer deposition and magnetron sputtering, respectively. The PAOT and PAOT/TiO2/TiN were characterized by several techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX). The PAOT has high-ordered hexagonal nanopores with dimensions ~ 320 nm pore diameter and ~ 61 nm interpore distance. The bandgap of PAOT/TiO2 decreased from 3.1 to 2.2 eV with enhancing absorption of visible light after deposition of TiN on the PAOT/TiO2. The PAOT/TiO2/TiN as photodetector has a responsivity (R) and detectivity (D) of 450 mAW-1 and 8.0 × 1012 Jones, respectively. Moreover, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) was 9.64% at 62.5 mW.cm−2 and 400 nm. Hence, the fabricated photodetector (PD) has a very high photoelectrical response due to hot electrons from the TiN layer, which makes it very hopeful as a broadband photodetector.

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Title
Preparation of hexagonal nanoporous Al2O3/TiO2/TiN as a novel photodetector with high efficiency
Author
Elsayed, Asmaa M 1 ; Mohamed, Rabia 2 ; Shaban, Mohamed 3 ; Aly, Arafa H 4 ; Ahmed, Ashour M 5 

 Beni-Suef University, Nanophotonics and Applications (NPA) Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni Suef, Egypt (GRID:grid.411662.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0412 4932); Beni-Suef University, TH-PPM Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni Suef, Egypt (GRID:grid.411662.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0412 4932) 
 Beni-Suef University, Nanophotonics and Applications (NPA) Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni Suef, Egypt (GRID:grid.411662.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0412 4932); Beni-Suef University, Polymer Research Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Beni Suef, Egypt (GRID:grid.411662.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0412 4932) 
 Beni-Suef University, Nanophotonics and Applications (NPA) Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni Suef, Egypt (GRID:grid.411662.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0412 4932); Islamic University of Madinah, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al Madinah Almonawara, Saudi Arabia (GRID:grid.443662.1) 
 Beni-Suef University, TH-PPM Group, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni Suef, Egypt (GRID:grid.411662.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0412 4932) 
 Beni-Suef University, Nanophotonics and Applications (NPA) Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beni Suef, Egypt (GRID:grid.411662.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 0412 4932) 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2568393979
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.