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  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Semiconductor Physics

Background:

  • Atomically thin, semiconducting transition and post-transition metal oxides are promising for optoelectronics.
  • Wafer-scale synthesis of crystalline thin oxides, especially non-layered ones, remains a significant challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a facile and scalable method for synthesizing ultrathin bismuth oxide nanosheets.
  • To explore the potential of these nanosheets in optoelectronic applications, specifically UV photodetectors.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a liquid metal-facilitated synthesis approach.
  • Isolated monolayer α-Bi2O3 nanosheets with sub-nanometer thickness and large lateral dimensions from a liquid bismuth surface.

Main Results:

  • Synthesized n-type semiconductor α-Bi2O3 nanosheets with a direct band gap of ~3.5 eV.
  • Developed UV photodetectors using these nanosheets, achieving high responsivity (~400 AW-1) at 365 nm UV light and fast response times (~70 μs).

Conclusions:

  • The liquid metal-facilitated synthesis is a scalable method for producing high-quality ultrathin bismuth oxide nanosheets.
  • These nanosheets are suitable for high-performance UV photodetectors and may be applicable to other bismuth-based materials for electronic, optical, and catalytic applications.