We
report high performance flexible hybrid ultraviolet photodetector with
solar-blind sensitivity using nanocomposite film of plasma polymerized
aniline-titanium dioxide. A facile solvent-free plasma technique is used
to synthesize superior quality hybrid material with high yield. The
hybrid photodetector exhibited high photoconductive gain of the order of
~105 and fast speed with response and recovery time of 22.87
ms and 34.23 ms. This is an excellent result towards getting a balance
in the response speed and photoconductive gain trade-off of the
photodetectors reported so far. In addition, the device has the
advantages of enhanced photosensitivity ((Ilight Idark)/Idark) of the order of ~102 and high responsivity of ~104AW-1.
All the merits substantiates that, to prepare hybrid material, plasma
based method holds potential to be an easy way for realizing large scale
nanostructured photodetectors for practical applications.