Flexible Photodetectors based on SiC nanowires network on PDMS

Abstract

At present, a variety of sensors have been widely used in many intelligent detection equipment. For more and more special signals and special environments, sensors can also be transparent, flexible, extensible, freely bendable or even foldable, easy to carry, and wearable. With the development of flexible matrix materials, on this basis, flexible sensors that meet the above-mentioned various trends and characteristics are produced. In this paper, we prepared the SiC nanowires network based on PDMS. The SiC nanowires network has excellent physical properties, corrosion durability and high stabilities. The PDMS substrate has high flexibility and excellent conductivity transmission efficiency characteristics. The samples were subjected to photodetection tests under UV light, and the experimental results show that the SiC nanowires network had a higher photocurrent under UV light illumination. Our results indicate that with proper device design, SiC nanowires networks based on PDMS are promising candidates for low-cost, high-performance photodetectors.