Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance‐Enhanced SiC UV Photodetectors Based on Ordered Al/Al <sub>2</sub> O <sub>3</sub> Core–Shell Nanoparticle Arrays
4H-SiC-based ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors (PDs) are urgently required for applications in flame detection and secure communication. However, these devices are hindered by their low quantum efficiency properties and sluggish response speed. Here, a substantial enhancement in UV detection is implemented by integrating periodic triangular Al/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Core-Shell Nanoparticles (NPs) Arrays into 4H-SiC metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) PDs. The detector exhibits an extremely low dark current (5.0 × 10<sup>-14</sup> A) and a peak responsivity of 2.14 A W<sup>-1</sup>, corresponding to an external quantum efficiency of 984%. A high detectivity of 1.22 × 10<sup>14</sup> Jones is achieved under illumination of 270 nm wavelength light at 30 V, while an ultra-high response speed is obtained with a rise time of 0.74 ns and a fall time of 1.47 ns. The improvement is attributed to the coupling between the lightning rod effect at the tips of the triangular NPs within the electrostatic field and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), as well as the LSPR coupling effect between NPs, which enhances the electric field of the devices and triggers a localized avalanche effect. These results highlight the wide application and potential of NPs-enhanced 4H-SiC-based UV PDs in high-speed and high-precision detection.
Authors
- Deyi Fu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1365-8963)
- Rong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7103-2996)
- Xiaping Chen
- Zhao Fu
- Dingqu Lin
- Jiafa Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7599-0852)
- Jiadong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7603-8838)
- Rongdun Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4176-8465)
- Yuning Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2201-3331)
- Yuan Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5409-5610)
- Zhengyun Wu
- Zihao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9008-1681)
- Feng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1163-2498)
- Zhiyuan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9683-5034)
- Zhijie Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3216-8620)
- Zhanwei Shen
- Yanan Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6194-0693)
- Shaoxiong Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9388-6239)
Institutions
- Jiujiang University (CN)
- Xiamen University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Semiconductors (CN)
- Tongling University (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Xiamen University of Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small
- Published
- 2025-07-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202502011
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Ga2O3 and related materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.28
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China