Visible blind near-infrared (NIR) photodetection is essential when it comes to weapons used by military personnel, narrow band detectors used in space navigation systems, medicine, and research studies. The technological field of filterless visible blind, NIR omnidirectional photodetection and wearability is at a preliminary stage. Here, we present a filterless and lightweight design for a visible blind and wearable NIR photodetector capable of harvesting light omnidirectionally. The filterless NIR photodetector comprises the integration of distinct features of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs), graphene, and micropyramidal poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) film. The lanthanide-doped UCNPs are designed such that the maximum narrow band detection of NIR is easily accomplished by the photodetector even in the presence of visible light sources. Especially, the 4f electronic configuration of lanthanide dopant ions provides for a multilevel hierarchical energy system that provides for longer lifetime of the excited states for photogenerated charge carriers to transfer to the graphene layer. The graphene layer can serve as an outstanding conduction path for photogenerated charge carrier transfer from UCNPs, and the flexible micropyramidal PDMS substrate provides an excellent platform for omnidirectional NIR light detection. Owing to these advantages, a photoresponsivity of ∼800 AW is achieved by the NIR photodetector, which is higher than the values ever reported by UCNPs-based photodetectors. In addition, the photodetector is stretchable, durable, and transparent, making it suitable for next-generation wearable optoelectronic devices.
Self-healing technology promises a generation of innovation in cross-cutting subjects ranging from electronic skins, to wearable electronics, to point-of-care biomedical sensing modules. Recently, scientists have successfully pulled off significant advances in self-healing components including sensors, energy devices, transistors, and even integrated circuits. Lasers, one of the most important light sources, integrated with autonomous self-healability should be endowed with more functionalities and opportunities; however, the study of self-healing lasers is absent in all published reports. Here, the soft and self-healable random laser (SSRL) is presented. The SSRL can not only endure extreme external strain but also withstand several cutting/healing test cycles. Particularly, the damaged SSRL enables its functionality to be restored within just few minutes without the need of additional energy, chemical/electrical agents, or other healing stimuli, truly exhibiting a supple yet robust laser prototype. It is believed that SSRL can serve as a vital building block for next-generation laser technology as well as follow-on self-healing optoelectronics.
Stretchable optoelectronic devices are the need of the hour when it comes to making present day technologies user-friendly. These devices when placed conformably on the human skin or any other artificial intelligence products must function in all their capacities to get a durable and highly sensitive device performance. Stretchable photodetectors are the core fundamental constituents that fall under the umbrella of flexible optoelectronic devices. Although a significant amount of research has been reported on stretchable photodetectors, good performance still remains a challenge. Nanometer-sized methylammonium lead bromide ((MA)-PbBr 3 ) perovskite nanocrystals can significantly emit and absorb light in the visible spectrum. With high quantum yield and stable optical and electronic properties, when they are subjected to mechanically tunable two-dimensional (2D) composites, we obtain better performance from stretchable optoelectronic devices. Here, a hybrid photodetector composed of perovskite nanocrystals and graphene of rippled geometry is demonstrated, where a thin film of photon-absorbing perovskite nanocrystals is placed on rippled graphene that contributes to a photoresponsivity on the order of ∼6 × 10 5 A W −1 . The large photoresponsivity value places this hybrid stretchable device in the highest position among devices with similar functionality. It is found that the photoresponsivity of the perovskite nanocrystals and graphene hybrid rippled structure photodetector is strain tunable with a stretchability up to 100%. In addition, the hybrid rippled structure photodetector has wearability and durability. All of these superior functionalities lead the way toward fabricating stretchable optoelectronic devices suitable for applications in the fields of biomedicine, defense systems, fire detection, and flexible display panels.
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