Enhanced performance of light-controlled conductive switching in hybrid cuprous oxide/reduced graphene oxide (Cu_2O/rGO) nanocomposites

Abstract

A significant enhancement of photoresponse from the light-controlled conductive switching based on Cu₂O/rGO nanocomposites was experimentally demonstrated. Cu₂O/rGO nanocomposites were synthesized via a facile wet-reduced method. The crystalline structure, morphologies, and photoluminescence of the Cu₂O/rGO nanocomposites were characterized and analyzed. The fabricated conductive switching was measured under the irradiation of a continuous laser. When the laser was turned on and off alternately, the photoconductive switching obviously displayed a state conversion between "on" and "off" reversibly. Furthermore, the typical current-voltage (I-V) and current-time (I-t) curves exhibited a relatively high switching ratio (I_on/I_off) of 3.25 and a fast response time of 0.45 s. The excellent "on-off" characteristics of the device show promising applications in memory storage and logic circuits.

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