Searching guidelines for scalable and controllable design of multifunctional materials and hybrid interfaces: Status and perspective

Abstract

The urgent need to address the global sustainability issues that modern society is currently facing requires the development of micro and nanotechnologies, which rely largely on functional materials. Beyond studies focused solely on low-dimensional materials, broader research related to multifunctionality has shown that the major efforts to meet these criteria for new electronic, photonic, and optoelectronic concepts, particularly to achieve high-performance devices, are still challenging. By exploiting their unique properties, a comprehensive understanding of the implications of research for the synthesis and discovery of novel materials is obtained. The present article encompasses innovation research as an alternative optimization and design for sustainable energy development, bridging the scaling gap in atomically controlled growth in terms of surface heterogeneity and interfacial engineering. In addition, the corresponding research topics are widely regarded as a scientometric analysis and visualization for the evaluation of scientific contributions into the early 20 years of the 21st century. In this perspective, a brief overview of the global trends and current challenges toward high-throughput fabrication followed by a scenario-based future for hybrid integration and emerging structural standards of scalable control design and growth profiles are emphasized. Finally, these opportunities are unprecedented to overcome current limitations, creating numerous combinations and triggering new functionalities and unparalleled properties for disruptive innovations of Frontier technologies.

Synergistic Effect of Hybrid CdSe Nanobelt/PbI2 Flake Heterojunction Toward Drastic Performance Flexible Photodetectors

“…In order to overcome the constraints of electronics relying on 2D PbI 2 material, mixed-dimensional heterostructures, as a possible solution for future multifunctional platforms, are assumed to be a convenient and effective approach. − Compared to the individual material, a mixed-dimensional heterostructure not only manifests the intrinsic properties of both individual components, as well as displays the extra desirable characteristics as a result of interplay at each component’s interface. − Low cost CdSe, as an important photoelectric chalcogenide of the II–VI group with a direct bandgap of ∼1.74 eV at room temperature, is widely explored in optoelectronics due to its excellent optical and electrical characteristics. − Among other morphologies of CdSe, a distinct 1D nanobelt like morphology with a rectangular shape at the edges has been widely studied in photodetectors. ,− Thus, the present study integrates the distinct properties of the aforementioned sensing materials to fabricate a well performing 1D/2D hybrid heterojunction photodetector. To date, there is no available approach for the fabrication of broadband flexible photodetectors utilizing a single crystalline CdSe nanobelt/2D PbI 2 flake hybrid heterojunction on a cost-effective flexible polyimide tape-based substrate.…”