Charge carrier events across organic electronics are
ubiquitous,
and the derived optimization plays a crucial effect on improving the
performance of organic electronics. Herein, a two-dimensional material
(Ti3C2T
x
) is incorporated
into titanium dioxide (TiO2) to impart the Ti3C2T
x
/TiO2 hybrid
film enriched hydroxy group distribution, defect-negligible surface,
upshifted work function, and enhanced conductivity yet electron mobility versus the pristine TiO2 film. Therefore, intensified
photon-harvesting ability, reduced charge carrier recombination, and
efficient charge carrier collection are realized for dye-sensitized
solar cells (DSSCs) based on the Ti3C2T
x
/TiO2 hybrid photoanode relative
to control ones. Consequently, the modified DSSCs based on Z907 deliver
superior efficiencies of 10.39 and 29.68% under 100 mW/cm2 illumination and ∼1.9 mW/cm2 dim light, respectively,
being the highest values of Z907-based DSSCs. However, control devices
only obtain lower efficiencies of 8.06 and 23.91% when undergoing
the abovementioned illumination. On the other hand, the self-powered
homologous photodetectors with the hybrid film as an electron-transporting
layer present enhanced detectivity (1.69 × 1011 Jones)
and a shortened responsivity of 0.26 s versus that
of control ones (1.39 × 1011 Jones and 0.35 s). Our
work implies that the Ti3C2T
x
/TiO2 hybrid film features high potential for improving
the performance of organic electronics for its effect of holistically
optimizing charge carrier dynamics.