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Chem Soc Rev. 2014 Mar 07;43(5):1400-22. doi: 10.1039/c3cs60348b. Epub 2013 Dec 20.

Recent advances in solution-processed inorganic nanofilm photodetectors.

Chemical Society reviews

Xi Wang, Wei Tian, Meiyong Liao, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg

Affiliations

  1. World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected].

PMID: 24356373 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60348b

Abstract

As important opto-electronical devices, nanofilm photodetectors constructed from inorganic low-dimensional nanostructures have drawn prime attention due to their significance in basic scientific research and potential technological applications. This review highlights a selection of important topics pertinent to inorganic nanofilm photodetectors processed via solution strategies. This article begins with a description of the advantages and drawbacks of nanofilm-based photodetectors versus 1D nanostructure-based ones, and then introduces rational design and controlled syntheses of various nanofilms via different wet-chemical routes, and then mainly focuses on their optoelectronic properties and applications in photodetectors based on the different types of nanofilms. Finally, the general challenges and the potential future directions of this exciting research and technology area are presented.

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