Advanced Photodetector Based on Multifunctional Material
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 249
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photodetector; composite materials; multifunctional sensors; superconducting single-photon detectors; optical and electrical properties of nanostructured materials such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and 2D materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Owing to the capability of converting light into electrical signals, photodetectors have received extensive attention and have been applied in various fields, including industrial production, military affairs, biochemical detection, optical communication, and scientific research. The versatility and availability of photodetectors always depend on the followingpredominant factors: the photoresponse speed, sensitivity to lower brightness, detection band in which photodetectors can efficiently detect light and dynamic range response.
Traditionally, photodetectors (PDs) were developed mainly with a spectral photodetection coverage from ultra-violet (UV) to near infrared (NIR) applications by employing different semiconductors such as GaN, Si, Ge, InGaAs and HgCdTe, each specifically suited to absorb a certain range of wavelengths.
Moreover, PDs based on Si conventional heterojunctions normally suffer from an abundance of interfacial defects, which produce low carrier separation, poor efficiency, and weak absorption of light, which severely limits the photoelectric detection property. However, the increasing interest in strengthening the performance of light detectors, and the desirability of integrating multiple detection capabilities into one device led to the development of multifunctional photodetectors, exploring new materials that could replace traditional materials in silicon-based PDs.
A good deal of effort in creating multifunctional PDs with selectable and tunable response bands has been achieved through the application of highly flexible, ultrasensitive and transparent multifunctional materials comprised of organic/inorganic matrix arrays, hybrid composites and 2D materials such as graphene and nanowires or nanotube assemblies.
This Special Issue will present the recent progress in the fabrication, design, understanding, and utilization of multifunctional photodetectors covering different application fields from optoelectronics to healthcare and from energy storage to material sciences.
This Special Issue will collect research papers, full-length technical articles and rapid communications reporting novel experimental, theoretical, or simulation results dealing with multifunctional photodetectors. Review articles that offer comprehensive coverage of specific aspects or new insights and perspectives are welcome.
Dr. Carmela Bonavolontà
Dr. Massimo Valentino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photodetectors based on 2D materials
- multifunctional nanoscale device
- organic photodetectors
- multifunctional 2D materials for chemical and biological agent detection
- heterojunctions for ultrasensitive photodetectors
- multifunctional composite materials
- metal-halide perovskite optoelectronics applications
- single-photon detectors
- broadband photodetectors
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