Functional Materials for Sensor Applications
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensor Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 5629
Special Issue Editors
Interests: functional materials
Interests: 2D materials
Interests: 2D materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sensors are a class of functional devices in which optical, mechanical, and biological signals can be captured and converted into readable electrical signals, allowing for diverse applications in spectral analysis, mineral exploration, biological medicine, and environment monitoring. Substantial progress in the pursuit of an outstanding detection capacity relies on the exploration of crucial semiconducting materials, such as energy-efficient, lightweight, and flexible components. Inspired by the unprecedented possibilities for technological advances, enormous attention has been focused on metal halide perovskites with intriguing characteristics (e.g., tunable bandgaps, long carrier diffusion lengths, large optical absorption ratios, and high charge-carrier mobilities), rendering them as extremely promising materials for high-performance sensors. However, the toxicity and instability of lead cations in the aforementioned perovskites will cause non-negligible environmental pollution and could even be detrimental to human beings, thereby immensely hampering their further practical application. As a consequence, researchers have gradually turned their consideration to lead-free perovskite optoelectronics, putting great effort into the development of new types of lead-free perovskites. This Special Issue, therefore, aims to publish original research and review articles on recent advances, technologies, solutions, applications, and new challenges in the field of low-dimensional lead-free perovskites. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Functional Materials;
- Synthesis;
- Properties;
- Photodetectors;
- Photocells;
- Mechanical detection;
- biological detection.
Prof. Dr. Qi Zhang
Dr. Xing Zhou
Prof. Dr. Qijie Liang
Guest Editors
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