An ultraviolet photodetector fabricated from WO 3 nanodiscs/reduced graphene oxide composite material

A high sensitivity, fast ultraviolet (UV) photodetector was fabricated from WO 3 nanodiscs (NDs)/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composite material. The WO 3 NDs/reduced GO composite material was synthesized using a facile three-step synthesis procedure. First, the Na 2 WO 4 /GO precursor was synthesized by homogeneous precipitation. Second, the Na 2 WO 4 /GO precursor was transformed into H 2 WO 4 /GO composites by acidification. Finally, the H 2 WO 4 /GO composites were reduced to WO 3 NDs/RGO via a hydrothermal reduction process. The UV photodetector showed a fast transient response and high responsivity, which are attributed to the improved carrier transport and collection efficiency through graphene. The excellent material properties of the WO 3 NDs/RGO composite demonstrated in this work may open up new possibilities for using WO 3 NDs/RGO for future optoel...

Dali Shao, Mingpeng Yu, Jie Lian and Shayla Sawyer

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