The piezo-phototronic effect (a coupling effect of piezoelectric, photoexcitation and
semiconducting properties, coined in 2010) has been demonstrated to be an ingenious and …

Ultraviolet (UV) sensors offer significant advantages in human health protection and
environmental pollution monitoring. Amongst various materials for UV sensors, the zinc …

Interdigitated photodetectors (IPDs) based on the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) at
the AlGaN/GaN interface have gained prominence as high sensitivity ultraviolet (UV) PDs …

Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials have attracted much attention in UV photodetectors owing to
the suitable band gap and high photoelectric conversion efficiency. However, the loose …

It is essential to modulate materials and their interfaces for excellent device performance.
Here, an ultraviolet (UV) photodetector (PD) based on a flexible polyethylene terephthalate …

Flexible image sensors with good detectivity, high mechanical stability, and excellent
flexibility have generated great interest in biomimetic visual applications. Semiconductor …

Linear piezoelectric materials and devices potentially serve as high-accuracy and fast-
response sensors and actuators. However, linear piezoelectrics have been scarcely studied …

Two-dimensional MXenes have shown impressive semiconductor-like properties associated
with their ultrathin-atomic-layer structure. Herein, ZnO/Ti 3 C 2 T x hybrid structures were …

The piezotronic effect is a coupling effect of semiconductor and piezoelectric properties. The
piezoelectric potential is used to adjust the pn junction barrier width and Schottky barrier …

Aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films are popular transparent electrodes for
optoelectronics and photovoltaics. However, next generation flexible devices demand not …