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High-Responsivity Heterojunction Photodetector Based on Bi2O3-Decorated MWCNTs Nanostructure Grown on Silicon via Laser Ablation in Liquid

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We prepared a high-responsivity bismuth oxide Bi2O3 nanoparticles-decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes MWCNTs/Si heterojunction photodetector by two-step laser ablation in liquid. The structural properties of the hybrid Bi2O3NPs-decorated MWCNTs were investigated by X-ray diffraction, which revealed the formation of α-Bi2O3 NPs with a monoclinic phase and graphite at the C(002) plane. Scanning electron microscopy results show the formation of spherical Bi2O3NPs attached to well-dispersed MWCNTs. The nanotubes' diameters ranged from 30 to 50 nm, their lengths from 1 to 3 m, and the average particle size of Bi2O3 NPs is 25 nm. The I–V characteristics for the Bi2O3NPs-decorated MWCNTs/Si photodetector were investigated in the dark and under illumination. The Bi2O3NPs-decorated MWCNTs/n-Si photodetectors show a responsivity of 1.37 A/W at a wavelength of 560 nm, with a corresponding external quantum efficiency of 3 × 102%. At equilibrium, band alignment for Bi2O3-MWCNTs /Si heterojunction was realized.

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Shaker, S.S., Ismail, R.A. & Ahmed, D.S. High-Responsivity Heterojunction Photodetector Based on Bi2O3-Decorated MWCNTs Nanostructure Grown on Silicon via Laser Ablation in Liquid. J Inorg Organomet Polym 32, 1381–1388 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-021-02199-4

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