Advanced Nanomaterials for High-Performance Photodetectors
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanophotonics Materials and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2026 | Viewed by 171
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Interests: low-dimensional semiconductor optoelectronic devices; RF-integrated circuit; photodetectors
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Dear Colleagues,
Recently, photodetectors have attracted tremendous attention and have become integral to numerous fields, including sensing, environmental monitoring, biomedical imaging, and optical communications. A broad spectrum of nanomaterials—ranging from zero-dimensional quantum dots and one-dimensional nanowires to two-dimensional nanosheets—has emerged as highly promising active materials for next-generation photodetectors. Their optical and electronic properties can be precisely tailored by controlling size, morphology, composition, and surface chemistry, offering unprecedented flexibility for specific photodetection requirements. At the same time, the combination of advanced fabrication strategies and theoretical simulations is continuously uncovering the fundamental working mechanisms of these nanomaterial-based devices. Consequently, such photodetectors deliver a compelling set of advantages, such as high sensitivity, ultrafast response, low noise, tunable spectral absorption, and the potential for low-cost, large-area production, positioning nanomaterials at the forefront of high-performance photodetection.
This Special Issue aims to present comprehensive research on the recent progress in high-performance photodetectors based on nanomaterials, and to further extend their potential applications. The scope covers the synthesis and fabrication of novel nanomaterials, the engineering of their optoelectronic properties, the construction of innovative device architectures, the optimization of photoresponse performance through both experimental and theoretical investigations, and the exploration of emerging application fields for nanomaterial-based photodetectors.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, communications, and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Synthesis of novel nanomaterials (e.g., 0D quantum dots, 1D nanowires/nanobelts, 2D nanosheets) with controlled morphology, dimensionality, and composition via various fabrication techniques;
- Homo- or hetero-junctions based on nanomaterials;
- Experimental and theoretical investigations of the optoelectronic properties of nanomaterials;
- Photoresponse performance studies of various nanomaterials;
- Design and optimization of device architectures and interfaces using nanomaterials;
- Exploration of the potential applications of photodetectors based on nanomaterials, such as in biomedical imaging, environmental monitoring, optical communications, and flexible electronics.
Dr. Pingping Yu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- photodetectors
- two-dimensional materials
- heterojunctions
- optoelectronic properties
- photoresponse
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