• 文献标题:   Humidity sensor and ultraviolet photodetector based on carrier trapping effect and negative photoconductivity in graphene quantum dots
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHUANG SD, CHEN Y, ZHANG WC, CHEN Z, WANG ZL
  • 作者关键词:   graphene quantum dot, carrier trapping effect, negative photoconductivity
  • 出版物名称:   SCIENCE CHINAPHYSICS MECHANICS ASTRONOMY
  • ISSN:   1674-7348 EI 1869-1927
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanjing Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1007/s11433-017-9089-6
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We report on the experimental realization of a graphene quantum dots (GQD)-based humidity sensor and ultraviolet (UV) photodetector. We demonstrate that the conductance of the GQD increases linearly with increasing relative humidity (RH) of the surrounding environment due to the carrier trapping effect, which forms the basis of a humidity sensor. When the sensor is operated in the dark state, the sensitivity can reach as high as 0.48 nS RH-1. The GQD are also found to exhibit light intensity dependent negative photoconductivity under the UV irradiation, which can be exploited for UV detection. As a result of these carrier trapping and de-trapping processes, the performance of the photodetector can be significantly improved with the increasing RH, and the photoresponsivity can reach a high value of -418.1 mu A W-1 in the high humid state of RH=90%.