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TiO 2 nanorods (NRs) have generated much interest for both fundamental understanding of defect formation and technological applications in energy harvesting, optoelectronics, and catalysis. Herein, we have grown TiO 2 NR films on glass substrates using a self-seeded approach and annealed them in H 2 ambient to modify their surface defects. It has been shown that broad-band photosensing properties of Au/self-seeded TiO 2 NR/Au-based two back-to-back Schottky junctions (SJs) for a broad wavelength of light are much superior as compared to those of the pristine and the control samples. Photoresponsivity values for the H 2 -annealed sample are 0.42, 0.71, 0.07, and 0.08 A/W for detecting, respectively, 350, 400, 470, and 570 nm lights. Very low dark current and high photocurrent lead to a gain value as high as 1.85 × 10 4 for 400 nm light. Unprecedentedly modified NR-based SJs show excellent photoresponsivity for detecting as low as 25, 36, 48, and 28 μW/cm 2 power densities of 350, 400, 470, and 570 nm lights, respectively. It is found that Ti 3+ defects play a key role in an efficient photoelectron transfer from TiO 2 to Au. Our work, for the first time, highlights the simplicity and reveals the rationale behind the excellent properties of Au/self-seeded TiO 2 NR film/Au back-to-back SJs.

Defect-Assisted Broad-Band Photosensitivity with High Responsivity in Au/Self-Seeded TiO2 NR/Au-Based Back-to-Back Schottky Junctions

Defect-Assisted Broad-Band Photosensitivity with High Responsivity in Au/Self-Seeded TiO₂ NR/Au-Based Back-to-Back Schottky Junctions