title: Gap states assisted MoO3 nanobelt photodetector with wide spectrum response.
abstract: Molybdenum oxides have been widely investigated for their broad applications ranging from electronics to energy storage. Photodetectors based on molybdenum trioxide (MoO3), however, were seldom reported owing to their low conductivity and weak photoresponse. Herein we report a photodetector based on single MoO3 nanobelt with wide visible spectrum response by introducing substantial gap states via H2 annealing. The pristine MoO3 nanobelt possessed low electrical conductance and no photoresponse for nearly all visible lights. The H2 annealing can significantly improve the conductance of MoO3 nanobelt, and result in a good photodetector with wide visible spectrum response. Under illumination of 680 nm light, the photodetector exhibited high responsivity of ~56 A/W and external quantum efficiency of ~10200%. As corroborated by in situ ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy investigations, such strong wide spectrum photoresponse arises from the largely enriched gap states in the MoO3 nanobelt after H2 annealing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117542.
authors.forename: Du
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117542.
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117542.
authors.forename: Jialin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117542 [2] Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543 [3] Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543 [4] National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, 377 Lin Quan Street, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiang Su, China, 215123.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen