Lei Xu,Mengtong Yang,Qidong Lu,Yuxin Ren,Yi Chen,Jinjia Guo,Mingjie Cai,Xiao Miao,Feng Teng,Haibo Fan,Chunmei Zhang,Xuexia He,Peng Hu
Broadband photodetectors are essential for the integrated design of next-generation optical detector devices. Ternary 2D bismuth sulfide semiconductor (BiXI, X = S, Se, Te) is an ideal candidate for broadband photoelectric detection due to its narrow bandgap and excellent electrical transport performance. Here, BiSeI is grown by chemical vapor transport (CVT) method and used in photoelectrochemical (PEC) photodetection. The PEC-type photodetector based on BiSeI nanosheets has a broadband detection ranging from 350 to 900 nm, displaying a high responsivity of 2.88 mA W −1 , a high detectivity of 1.10 × 10 10 Jones and a fast response time of 7/16 ms at a bias voltage of 0.5 V. Furthermore, the device also exhibits a negligible current density loss after three months, which indicates that it has good stability against air and moisture. In addition, the photodetector can work without bias potential, indicating that it is a good self-powered device. The results demonstrate that BiSeI is a potential material in self-powered PEC photodetector.
Perovskite has shown attractive optoelectronic performances and is a potential material in lighting, anti-counterfeiting, sensor, and other optoelectronic devices. Recently, spin-coating has been widely used in fabricating high-performance perovskite films, but it is difficult to process and apply in practice. In this paper, the CsPbBr 3 /Cs 4 PbBr 6 composite perovskite quantum dots with photoluminescence quantum yield of 36% and high storage stability were prepared by using room temperature ligand-assisted precipitation method and controlling the proportion of CsBr/PbBr 2 . In addition, the composite perovskite was ground and dispersed in the inks system. After adjusting the composition and ratio of the resin components, the inks were suitable for screen printing with a viscosity of 2439 mPa•s, an initial dryness of 25 mm/30 s, and a thorough dryness of 100 s/100 μm. By printing, the perovskite films exhibited high coverage, strong green emission, and outstanding fluorescence recovery ability after exposure to water. Screen printing perovskite inks have the characteristic of being patternable, which provides a solution for preparing a perovskite film in the application.
Developing non-noble metal catalysts with excellent electrocatalytic performance and stability is of great significance to hydrogen production by water electrolysis, but there are still problems of low activity, complex preparation and high cost. Herein, we fabricated a novel Ni 3 S 2 /Ni(OH) 2 dual-functional electrocatalyst by a one-step fast electrodeposition on nickel foam (NF). While maintaining the electrocatalytic performance of Ni 3 S 2 , the existence of heterostructure and Ni(OH) 2 co-catalyst function greatly improves the overall water splitting performance of Ni 3 S 2 /Ni(OH) 2 –NF. Hence, It shows a low overpotential of 66 mV at 10 mA cm −2 for HER and 249 mV at 20 mA cm −2 for OER. The dual-functional electrocatalyst needs only 1.58 V at 20 mA cm −2 when assembled two-electrode electrolytic cell. Impressively, the electrocatalyst also shows outstanding catalytic stability for about 800 h when 20 and 50 mA cm −2 constant current was applied, respectively which demonstrates a potential electrocatalyst for overall water splitting.