A self-powered, flexible ultra-thin Si/ZnO nanowire photodetector as full-spectrum optical sensor and pyroelectric nanogenerator

• Liang Chen,
• Jianqi Dong,
• Miao He and
• Xingfu Wang

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2020, 11, 1623–1630, doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.145

• work, a new type of self-powered, high-performance ultra-thin p-Si/n-ZnO nanowire (NW) flexible photodetector (PD) and its application as full-spectrum optical sensor and pyroelectric nanogenerator (PENG) are demonstrated. The working mechanism of PDs for PENGs is carefully investigated and

• fabrication of the PENG utilizing a simple and low-cost method shows its potential applications in self-powered flexible electronic devices. Keywords: flexible; full-spectrum; photodetector; pyroelectric nanogenerator (PENG); self-powered; Introduction Full-spectrum photodetectors (PDs) that can detect