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Preparation, properties, and applications of Bi2O2Se thin films: A review

Huayu Tao1, 2, Tianlin Wang1, Danyang Li1, Jie Xing1 and Gengwei Li1,

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 Corresponding author: Gengwei Li, ligw@cugb.edu.cn

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/44/3/031001

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Abstract: Two-dimensional materials have shown great application potential in high-performance electronic devices because they are ultrathin, have an ultra-large specific surface area, high carrier mobility, efficient channel current regulation, and extraordinary integration. In addition to graphene, other types of 2D nanomaterials have also been studied and applied in photodetectors, solar cells, energy storage devices, and so on. Bi2O2Se is an emerging 2D semiconductor material with very high electron mobility, modest bandgap, near-ideal subthreshold swing, and excellent thermal and chemical stability. Even in a monolayer structure, Bi2O2Se has still exhibited efficient light absorption. In this mini review, the latest main research progresses on the preparation methods, electric structure, and the optical, mechanical, and thermoelectric properties of Bi2O2Se are summarized. The wide rang of applications in electronics and photoelectronic devices are then reviewed. This review concludes with a discussion of the existing open questions/challenges and future prospects for Bi2O2Se.

Key words: two-dimensional materialBi2O2Seelectronical structureoptical propertythermoelectricity

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted much attention due to their ultrathin atomic layer thickness, tunable band structures, super large specific surface area, good mechanical flexibility, and rich physical and chemical properties. In the last decade, great progress has been made in the application of 2D materials in the next generation of electronics, optoelectronics[13], sensors[46], energy storage device[7], and flexible electronics[8]. As an allotrope of carbon, graphene is the earliest-found and most popular 2D material (Figs. 1(a)–1(c)). It has excellent electrical, thermal, optical, and mechanical properties, and therefore has wide application in the fields of information, energy, medical treatment, military, and so on[9]. However, as a leading member of the 2D material family, single-layer graphene has a zero-optical bandgap, which greatly limits its applications in semiconductor logic devices, storage, and photocatalysis. Moreover, the monolayer graphene only absorbs 2.3% of incident light power. Therefore, researchers have turned their attention to other 2D nanomaterials, such as black phosphorus[1012] and transition metal chalcogenides (TMDCs)[13], and so on. Black phosphorus (Fig. 1(d)) has high carrier mobility (~1000 cm2/(V·s) at room temperature) and anisotropic mechanical and electrical transport properties; however, its environmental instability is challenging for its practical application in air. TMDCs (Fig. 1(e)) represent a large family with a chemical formula of MX2, where M is a transition metal atom and X is a chalcogen atom. Most TMDCs with atomically thickness exhibit direct bandgap, strong spin-orbit coupling, fairly high mobility, and favorable electronic and optical properties. Following the research upsurge of graphene, black phosphorous, and transition metal dichalcogenides, multiple-element layered 2D materials have become a new research focus due to their more abundant structure and more diversified characteristics. Therefore, it is interesting and significant to find ternary or even multi-element 2D materials and explore their possibility in future applications.

Fig. 1.  (Color online) (a) Graphene optical photographs with a thickness of about 3 nm. (b) Atomic force microscope images of monolayer graphene. Reproduced with permission[9]. Copyright 2004, The American Association for the Advancement of Science. (c) Schematic diagram of the atomic structure of graphene. (d) Schematic diagram of black phosphorus atomic structure. Reproduced with permission[14]. Copyright 2014, Nature Publishing Group. (e) Schematic diagram of MoS2 atomic structure. Reproduced with permission[15]. Copyright 2011, Nature Publishing Group.

Recently, Bi2O2Se, as a ternary layered Bi-based oxychalcogenide material semiconductor material, has attracted much attention. Bi2O2Se has a modest bandgap of 0.8 eV, high mobility (1.9 K, 29 000 cm2/(V·s), room temperature, 450 cm2/(V·s)) and good thermal and chemical stability[11]. Bi2O2Se possesses a tetragonal crystal structure, with [Bi2O2]2n+n and [Se]2nn layer stacking alternatively. Due to its interlayered zipper-like structure, it exhibits unique characteristics[16]. In contrast to other van der Waals 2D layered materials, the layers of Bi2O2Se are connected by relatively strong electrostatic forces. Therefore, special exfoliation method or growth strategy is developed to fabricate large-area and atomically thick Bi2O2Se thin films. In view of these stable, unique, and excellent properties, Bi2O2Se can be used for promising applications in integrated circuits[1719], optoelectronics[2022], thermoelectrics[23], neuromorphic computing[24, 25], and so on.

In this review, we will briefly summarize the recent research progress of Bi2O2Se. First, the preparation methods, optical, mechanical, and thermoelectric properties are summarized. Then the applications as photodetectors (transistors), energy storage devices, memristors, optical switches, and biomedical devices are then elaborated. Finally, the existing open questions and prospects of Bi2O2Se are presented.

A controllable preparation process of large-area and high-quality 2D Bi2O2Se thin films is the prerequisite for the application of electronic devices. Generally, the preparation methods of 2D materials are mainly divided into two categories: the top-down method and the bottom-up method. The top-down method is to obtain 2D thin films by peeling from bulk materials by chemical or mechanical means, including mechanical cleavage method, electrochemical Li-intercalation and exfoliation, Li-intercalation and exfoliation with n-butyllithium, and so on[2630]. The production of TMDCs monolayers is usually achieved by micromechanical exfoliation of large crystals from top to bottom[9]. In theory, the mechanical exfoliation method can obtain thin films with high-quality, high-purity, and uniform thickness, which can be used to prepare electronic devices. However, this method has low repeatability and cannot effectively control the thickness and size of thin films. To improve reproducibility and controllability, a bottom-up method is needed to synthesize high-quality and large-area 2D single-crystal thin films. So far, many methods have been used to prepare more stable and high-quality Bi2O2Se single crystal, such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD)[11, 3136], modified Bridgman method[22, 37], wet chemical synthesis, hydrothermal reactions[27, 38], and so on. The bottom-up method can be used to grow Bi2O2Se single crystal directly on the target substrate by precisely controlling the growth conditions. Therefore it has more freedom to optimize the growth and improve the film quality. Table 1 summarizes the preparation methods, growth conditions, and basic film characteristics for Bi2O2Se reported in the literature.

Table 1.  Summary of preparation methods, growth conditions, and basic characteristics for Bi2O2Se.
MethodPrecursor,
growth conditions
Domain size (μm)Thickness (nm)Mobility (cm2/(V·s))Ref.
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, 600–640 °C, 400 Torr~2002–4 layers~313 (300 K)
–20660 (2 K)
[31]
CVDSe, Bi2O3, 680 °C, 400 Torr~2504 layers410 (RT)[32]
CVDBi2Se3,Bi2O3, 580–650 °C, 100-400 Torr>2006.7~450 (RT)
–29000 (1.9 K)
[11]
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, 550–630 °C, 30 Pa~1809.8 98 (300 K)[33]
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, 620 °C, 350–400 Torr~1005.2107[34]
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, <670 °C~2000.65~262 (RT)[35]
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, >670 °C>170010.8[35]
Reverse-flow CVDBi2O2Se powder, 760 °C, 400 mbar~75013.71400 (RT)[47]
Modified Bridgman methodBi2O3, Se, Bi powderBulkBulk2.8 × 105 (2 K)[37]
Hydrothermal
method
C6H13BiN2O7·H2O, Na2O3Se and KOH>24.7[48]
Hydrothermal
method
Na2SeO3, C6H13BiN2O7·H2O and KOH>604.92334.7 (RT)[49]
Solution-assisted methodBi(NO3)3·5H2O, (CH2OH)2, 500 °C, 400 TorrContinuous8.574 (RT)[18]
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Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a common bottom-up method to fabricate 2D materials, in which a variety of growth parameters, such as heating temperature, gas pressure, precursor concentration, gas flow rate and so on, are needed to be optimized to realize the growth of atomically thin 2D film[39]. In this process, gaseous compounds are formed first and transported by inert gas to the target substrate, as shown in Fig. 2(a). High-quality Bi2O2Se single crystal thin films with adjustable size, controllable thickness, and excellent electronic properties can be prepared by CVD method[11, 20, 4042]. In the early stages, Wu et al. and Li et al. synthesized 2D Bi2O2Se crystals with large area, high mobility, and thin film on mica ([KMg3(AlSi3O10)F2]) using Bi2O3 and Bi2Se3 as precursors as shown in Fig. 2(b)[31, 41]. It has been confirmed that the nucleation sites, thickness, domain sizes, and crystal phase transition of Bi2O2Se thin films can be well controlled by adjusting growth conditions (Figs. 2(c)–2(f)). For example, by controlling the temperature, planar and vertical Bi2O2Se nanosheets can be synthesized as shown in Figs. 2(g) and 2(h). At lower temperatures, a kinetics-dominated growth was met. Precursors tend to get rid of the restriction of the substrate and grow into the vertical direction. At higher growth temperatures, only Bi2O2Se with the lateral layout was grown, which is a thermodynamics-controlled growth process due to higher migration rate of adatoms[41, 43].

Fig. 2.  (Color online) Preparation of two-dimensional films by CVD method. (a) CVD preparation diagram. Reproduced with permission[31]. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. (b) 2D Bi2O2Se crystal synthesized on mica. Reproduced with permission[11]. Copyright 2017, Nature Publishing Group. (c–f) Domain size and crystal phase transition of Bi2O2Se thin films. Reproduced with permission[31]. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. (g, h) SEM of both transverse Bi2O2Se and vertical triangular Bi2OxSe. Reproduced with permission 41]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH. (i) Improved preparation method. Reproduced with permission[32]. Copyright 2019, American Chemical Society. (j, k) Schematic of VS growth mechanism. Reproduced with permission[20]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH. (l) SEM pictures of Bi2O2Se on STO. Reproduced with permission[19]. Copyright 2019, American Chemical Society. (m) Vertical growth of 2D Bi2O2Se films. Reproduced with permission[43]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH.

Carrier concentration is one of the most important parameters for semiconductor materials. In field effect transistors, the low carrier concentration of the channel can induce good gating, which is very important for reducing the operating voltage to manufacture low-power digital devices. However, when using Bi2O3 and Bi2Se3 as precursors, Bi2Se3 is firstly decomposed according to Bi2Se3(s) = 2BiSe(g) + 12 Se2(g), and the decomposition may change greatly after prolonged heating, which will adversely affect the synthesis of 2D Bi2O2Se crystals, resulting in higher residual carrier concentration.

To eliminate the possible side reactions, defects, or vacancies, Wu et al. synthesized Bi2O2Se crystals using Se element and Bi2O3 powder as precursors through a two-temperature zone heating system. The fabricated Bi2O2Se film has an ultralow residual carrier concentration of 1016 cm–3 and high Hall carrier mobility up to 410 cm2/(V·s) at room temperature (Fig. 2(i))[32]. Compared with the complex and changeable decomposition reactions of Bi2Se3, Se elements mainly volatilize into single Se2 molecules. The dual heating zone system can change the relative partial pressure of Se and Bi precursors by controlling the heating temperature of Se and Bi2O3 sources separately. Finally, by optimizing the growth conditions, the defects or vacancies that lead to the n-type conductivity of Bi2O2Se can be greatly reduced, thus reducing the carrier concentration by 2–3 orders of magnitude. In previous reports, the size of the synthesized Bi2O2Se flakes is mostly at the micron scale. Wu et al. developed a new self-limiting vapor-solid (VS) deposition method to achieve the growth of millimeter 2D Bi2O2Se thin films on a mica substrate, in which Bi2O2Se powder as the sole growth source was put in a tubular furnace under normal pressure as shown in Figs. 2(j) and 2(k), and the Bi2O2Se powder can be synthesized by hydrothermal method or CVD method[20].

Because the Bi-O layers in Bi2O2Se are structurally compatible with many perovskite oxides, and it exhibits rich and interesting physical properties (e.g, ferroelectricity, magnetism, thermoelectricity, etc.). Tan et al. synthesized Bi2O2Se on perovskite oxide by the CVD method and studied the growth process as shown in Fig. 2(l), which provides an alternative platform for studying new physical phenomena of oxide heterostructures[19].

Due to the good lattice matching and good thermal stability, mica substrate is commonly used in the CVD growth of 2D Bi2O2Se. However, thanks to the strong binding force between mica substrate and Bi2O2Se thin films, it is difficult to transfer Bi2O2Se thin films to the new substrate to prepare the devices for the following measurement. In the application of 2D Bi2O2Se to electronic devices, SiO2/Si substrate has usually been used as a support for 2D materials. In transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization, Bi2O2Se needs to be transferred to a copper grid. It also requires a safety transfer method that could minimize the damage to Bi2O2Se as small as possible and at the same time is convenient to manipulate. Fu et al. used Raman spectroscopy to demonstrate the inevitable damage to Bi2O2Se when using hydrofluoric acid (HF) in the wet transferring. The authors developed a polystyrene (PS)-assisted noncorrosive transfer method. PS was firstly spin-coated onto the surface of f-mica and then baked. Subsequently, the PS film together with Bi2O2Se was peeled away from the f-mica with the assistance of deionized (DI) water. After this unique transfer method, the performance of Bi2O2Se devices is greatly improved[34]. Khan et al. used a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-assisted method to transfer Bi2O2Se flakes grown on mica substrate synthesized by VS deposition. Nevertheless this method is only effective in detaching thick Bi2O2Se flakes from mica[20, 44]. Chen et al. developed a method to transfer Bi2O2Se sheets using PDMS only, which is proved to be a more convenient and effective method to transfer thinner Bi2O2Se flakes[44].

Wu et al. introduced Bi2O3 as a seed layer and realized the vertical growth of 2D Bi2O2Se films on mica substrate by the CVD method, as shown in Fig. 2(m)[43]. These vertically grown Bi2O2Se thin films can be easily and cleanly transferred to the target substrate. Zhang et al. proposed a simple, rapid, and extensible solution-assisted method to synthesize high-quality Bi2O2Se thin films on flexible muscovite substrates through the decomposition of Bi(NO3)3·5H2O precursor and the following selenization. By changing the rotation speed of precursor solution, the thickness of the Bi2O2Se thin films can be accurately controlled to a few atomic layers[18]. However, due to the strain caused by limited growth temperature and the softness of the substrate, the electronic property of flexible device performance is usually poorer than that on rigid substrates.

Bridgman invented the crucible descent method in 1925, which was called the Bridgman method. Later, Stockbarger developed this method and named it as the B-S method, which is one of the most commonly used methods for preparing large-size single crystals. The brief preparation process is as follows: the precursor materials needed for crystals growth are placed in a cylindrical crucible and slowly lowered. The furnace temperature is controlled slightly above the melting point of the material through a heating furnace with a certain temperature gradient. When the crucible passes through the heating zone, the materials in the crucible are melted. When the crucible continues to fall, the temperature at the bottom of the crucible first drops below the melting point and starts to crystallize, and the crystals continue to grow as the crucible falls down. This method has many advantages. First, the shape of the crystals grown depends on the crucible, and the shape of the crucible can be designed according to the needs. Second, it is suitable for growing large-size single crystals and multiple crystals. Finally, the growth method is simple and easy to operate, which is convenient for automation and industrialization. Xu et al. and Chen et al. successfully synthesized uniform and high-quality Bi2O2Se single crystals in a vacuum quartz tube using Bi2O3, Se, and Bi powders as precursors by a modified Bridgman method[22, 37].

The hydrothermal method is also known as a high-pressure solution method. This method uses high-temperature and high-pressure aqueous solutions to dissolve or react substances that are insoluble or difficult to dissolve in water under atmospheric conditions to form a dissolved product of the substance and then crystallize and grow after reaching a certain degree of supersaturation. The hydrothermal method has the characteristics of mild reaction conditions, convenient and simple operation, the synthesized crystals have few defects, high uniformity, and high purity[45]. Tian et al. synthesized Bi2O2Se crystals by hydrothermal method using deionized water, hydrazine hydrate (N2H4·H2O), NaOH, Se powder, Bi(NO3)3·5H2O, LiNO3 powder, and KNO3 powder as raw materials[46]. Chen[21] and Khan et al.[20] also synthesized bulk Bi2O2Se by hydrothermal method using deionized water, LiNO3, KNO3, Bi(NO3)3·5H2O, Se, and N2H4·H2O as precursors.

2D layered material Bi2O2Se is a typical bismuth-based oxychalcogenide material with a layered structure. As shown in Fig. 3(a)[46], the 4-fold symmetric Bi2O2Se has a tetragonal crystal structure and belongs to I4/mmm space group (a = b = 3.8 Å, c = 12.16 Å), in which there are 10 atoms in the unit cell[37, 50], and the monolayer thickness of Bi2O2Se is about 0.61 nm[32, 33]. Wu et al. confirmed the single crystal structure and monolayer thickness of Bi2O2Se by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM)[31]. As shown in Figs. 3(b) and 3(c), the obtained lattice spacing of 0.19, 0.28 nm, and the layer spacing along the [001] direction of 0.61 nm is consistent with the theoretical values. Bi, O and Se atoms located at Wyckoff positions of 4e (0,0,z), 4d (0,1/2,1/4) and 2a (0,0,0), respectively. Therefore, the only free atomic coordinate in the structure is the z coordinate of the Bi atom. In the crystal structure, Bi atoms and O atoms form Bi2O2 layers perpendicular to [001] direction, and Se atoms form atomic layers located between the Bi2O2 layers. Bi2O2Se has a repeating sequence of ...-(Bi2O2)1-Se1-(Bi2O2)2-Se2-... layers[37]. For the Bi2O2Se nanosheet, the distance between Bi and Se (3.18 Å) is much larger than the sum of the effective ion radius of Bi3+ (~1.03 Å) and Se2− (~1.98 Å) but is shorter than that in bulk Bi2O2Se (3.27 Å). However, the Bi–O bond length (2.37 Å) is longer than that in bulk Bi2O2Se (2.31 Å). The results indicate that in the Bi2O2Se nanosheet the Bi–O bond is weaker while the interaction between Bi and Se layers is stronger than that in the bulk, which is conducive to the stability of the Bi2O2Se nanosheet[46, 51, 52]. In addition, the 2D square lattice formed by Bi-Bi with a distance of 3.8 Å in the [Bi2O2]2n+n layer is structurally compatible with many perovskite oxides and their heterostructure shows rich and interesting physical characteristics (ferroelectricity, magnetism, and high-Tc superconductivity)[9]. Bi2O2Se had very high stability and no phase transition occurred below 30 GPa[53].

Fig. 3.  (Color online) (a) Crystal structure of Bi2O2Se. Reproduced with permission[46]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH. (b, c) HRTEM of Bi2O2Se. Reproduced with permission[31]. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society.

Unlike other 2D semiconductor materials, layered Bi2O2Se lacks the standard van der Waals gap[16]. Consequently, it can be cleaved along the Se plane and the atomic structure may be rearranged at the surface, indicating the existence of nonequilibrium electrons distributed between [Bi2O2]2n+n and [Se]2nn. Wu et al. combined the first-principle calculations and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurement to study the band structure and state density of bulk Bi2O2Se (Fig. 4). The minimum value of the conduction band (CBM) and the maximum value of the valence band (VBM) are located at points Γ and X, respectively, revealing its indirect band gap. The bands near CBM are very steep, while those near VBM are relatively flat[54]. By fitting the conduction band, a very low in-plane electron effective mass m* = 0.14 ± 0.02m0 was obtained (m0 is free electron mass), which is conducive to achieving ultrahigh electron mobility[11]. Since the CBM and VBM of Bi and Se elements are mainly composed of p-orbitals, layered Bi2O2Se crystals are considered to have strong spin-orbit interaction[46].

Bi2O2Se is a semiconductor with a narrow bandgap (0.8 eV), which is particularly valuable for infrared optoelectronic devices. Chen et al. also conducted systematic theoretical and experimental studies on the electronic structures of Bi2O2Se and plotted the integral band structure of Bi2O2Se by combining scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES), the bandgap from both STM and ARPES exhibited excellent spatial uniformity and robustness[37]. However, although the crystal structure of Bi2O2Se did not change under the influence of high pressure 4 GPa, the electronic change occurred including the crossing and anti-crossing behaviors of the top and the second top valence bands at different locations of the Brillouin zone due to the gradual shortening and hardening of the long and weak Bi-Se bonds between layers[53].

Fig. 4.  (Color online) (a–c) ARPES of Bi2O2Se films. Reproduced with permission[11]. Copyright 2017, Nature Publishing Group. (d) Band structure of Bi2O2Se films and bulk. Reproduced with permission[16]. Copyright 2019, Nature Publishing Group.

Raman spectroscopy is a non-destructive characterization tool, which can provide important information about structure, crystallinity, strain and defects by probing specific molecular vibration modes. According to group theory, there are 10 vibration modes based on the I4/mmm space group of Bi2O2Se, among which A1g, B1g, and Eg modes are Raman active. Khan et al. conducted Raman characterization for Bi2O2Se films with different thicknesses (Fig. 5(a)), showing that A1g characteristic peak was located at ~159 cm−1, and its strength decreased with the decrease of the thickness of Bi2O2Se films[20]. No obvious Raman characteristic peaks were observed for the monolayer Bi2O2Se films. Cheng et al. combined the theory and experiment to study the Raman spectrum of Bi2O2Se. Fig. 5(b) demonstrates the four Raman vibration modes of Bi2O2Se at the Γ-point are 159.89 (A1g), 364.02 (B1g), 67.99 (Eg1), and 428.68 cm–1 (Eg2). It can be seen in Fig. 5(c) that the A1g and B1g modes correspond to the movement of Bi and O atoms along the Z axis of crystallography. The vibration of Bi and O atoms in the XY-plane can cause two sets of degenerate Eg modes[55]. Whether or not the Raman vibration modes in crystals can be observed in the experiment depends on their experimental structures and Raman tensors. For Bi2O2Se, it is difficult to measure 2D thin film on XZ or YZ plane, so only two intrinsic Raman peaks (A1g and B1g) can be observed. However, in the experiment, Cheng et al. and Pereira et al. did not observe the characteristic peak of Bi2O2Se near 364 cm−1 (B1g) predicted by group theory and only observed the A1g model (about 159.2 cm−1). As shown in Fig. 5(d), Pereira et al. explained the missing vibration mode of B1g based on the plasmon-phonon coupling L or L+ bands of B1g modes due to the high carrier concentration of n-type semiconductor[53, 55], just like many other highly doped semiconductors. Cheng et al. found that all Raman modes show redshifts under tensile strains and blueshifts under compressive strains. The Eg mode exhibits to be the most sensitive mode affected by the uniaxial strain[53]. Pereira et al. observed the pressure evolution of the experimental low-frequency Raman-active A1g and Eg modes. They ascribed the occurrence of several vibrational modes especially above 11.3 GPa could be related to the creation of defects in the sample[55]. Therefore, Raman spectroscopy affords a convenient and rapid means to identify the stain or defects in atomically thin film.

Fig. 5.  (Color online) (a) Raman spectra of Bi2O2Se films with different layers. Reproduced with permission[20]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH. (b–d) Four Raman vibration modes of Bi2O2Se. Reproduced with permission[55]. Copyright 2018, American Chemical Society.

Light absorption is related to the band structure of semiconductors. It is helpful to study the evolution of the band structure and to extract the optical bandgap. Wu et al. made optical measurements on 2D Bi2O2Se crystals with different thicknesses grown by CVD. The blue shift of the optical absorption edges occurred as the thickness decreased (Fig. 6(a)), which indicates that the bandgap increased due to the quantum size effect. By fitting the bandgap, it was found that the optical band gap can be adjusted from 1.37 to 1.90 eV as the thickness of 2D Bi2O2Se crystals gradually changed to monolayer, as shown in Fig. 6(b)[31]. Liu et al. compared the results of photoluminescence, light transmission, and transient absorption spectroscopy with the electronic structure calculated by first-principles calculations. Due to the transition between the conduction band and the valence band state in the Γ valley, the multilayer Bi2O2Se (13 nm) has a direct optical transition near 720 nm (1.7 eV), which is almost the same as the result of monolayer Bi2O2Se. Figs. 6(c) and 6(d) indicate that the electronic structure of the Γ valley does not change significantly with the change in thickness[56].

Fig. 6.  (Color online) (a, b) Transmittance and band gap of 2D Bi2O2Se films and bulk. Reproduced with permission[31]. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. (c) Peak differential reflection (blue symbols) and PL (red curve) of the 13 nm nanoplate as a function of the probe wavelength (upper panel) and its transmittance spectrum (lower panel). Reproduced with permission[56]. Copyright 2020, Wiley-VCH. (d) Peak differential reflection (blue symbols) and PL (red curve) of the monolayer as a function of the probe wavelength. Reproduced with permission[56]. Copyright 2020, Wiley-VCH.

Graphene has been proven to be one of the strongest materials ever made. The mechanical strength (stiffness) of Bi2O2Se is also especially important for its application in various flexible functional devices. Zhang et al. calculated the mechanical flexibility of monolayer Bi2O2Se with the first-principles method, the monolayer Bi2O2Se has a greater Poisson's ratio and lower in-plane stiffness than other 2D materials (such as MoS2 and graphene)[57]. In the process of characterizing the crystal structure and chemical composition for the synthesized Bi2O2Se crystal, the Bi2O2Se can be transferred by a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-assisted method onto a Cu grid for transmission electron microscope (TEM) examination, as shown in Fig. 7(a)[20]. Li et al. and Zhang et al. repeatedly measured the photoelectric properties of the Bi2O2Se devices on a flexible substrate, and the photoelectric properties showed excellent stability[18, 41]. In addition, Yin et al. prepared 2D flexible Bi2O2Se photodetectors and photodetector arrays on mica, Bi2O2Se photodetector arrays exhibited excellent photoelectric performance and stability on a substrate with strain bending up to 1% (Figs. 7(b) and 7(d)). They showed a very stable light response within 5 weeks in the environment, proving that the 2D Bi2O2Se photodetectors can work on a flexible substrate[40]. Chen et al. experimentally obtained the mechanical properties of 2D Bi2O2Se using the nanoindentation method. Few-layer Bi2O2Se exhibits a large intrinsic stiffness of 18–23 GPa, Young’s modulus of 88.7 ± 14.4 GPa, and can withstand a high radial strain of more than 3%, demonstrating excellent flexibility[44]. The presence of strain in 2D materials can change the band structure, carrier mobility, and so on. The strain effect is very important to understand the performance of flexible electronics. In the Raman spectrum, the stretching strain causes the Raman mode softening and red shift, while the compression strain causes the mode hardening and blue shift. The degeneracy Eg modes of Bi2O2Se split under uniaxial strain and shear strain, and the frequency variation of the degeneracy modes are anisotropic under rotating uniaxial strain[55]. In short, the excellent flexibility and stability of Bi2O2Se thin films make it an ideal semiconductor material for flexible and wearable or printable electronic devices.

Fig. 7.  (Color online) (a) TEM image of Bi2O2Se on a copper grid. Reproduced with permission[20]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH. (b) Photograph of 2D Bi2O2Se photodetectors and arrays on mica. (c) Optical image of 3  ×  5 multi-pixel array of 2D Bi2O2Se photodetectors. (d) Photocurrent of a 2D Bi2O2Se photodetector in air. Reproduced with permission [40]. Copyright 2018, Nature Publishing Group.

Bi2O2Se was initially investigated as a potential n-type thermoelectric material in its bulk (ceramic) form[58]. Zhang et al. measured the electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and Seebeck coefficient of Bi2O2Se (65 μm) in the temperature range of 300–470 K as shown in Fig. 8. The thermal conductivity is only 0.346 W/(m·K) at 300 K[59]. The thermoelectric properties of materials are determined by their dimensionless thermoelectric ZT (ZT = S2σT/κ, S is Seebeck coefficient, σ is electrical conductivity, T is temperature, and κ is thermal conductivity). Generally, a material with ZT > 1 is considered to be excellent thermoelectric material. According to the investigation, the ZT value of Bi2O2Se can reach 0.2 at 800 K[58]. However, theoretical studies have shown that the dimensionless thermoelectric ZT of p-doped Bi2O2Se can reach 1.42 (800 K) with the in-plane strain. This can be compared with Bi2Te3, which is one of the most widely used and best thermoelectric materials. Recently, Yu et al. reported that the ZT value of n-doped Bi2O2Se is as high as 3.35 at 800 K[60]. This is much higher than the ZT value (2.6) of SnSe at 923 K, which is known to be the most effective thermoelectric material[61].

Fig. 8.  (a) Electrical conductivity σ of the Bi2O2Se film as a function of temperature. (b) Thermal conductivity κ of the Bi2O2Se rectangular block as a function of temperature. (c) Seebeck coefficient S of the Bi2O2Se film as a function of temperature. Reproduced with permission[59]. Copyright 2013, Elsevier.

The thermal transport of 2D materials is a key factor in thermal management, nanometer electronic devices, and thermoelectric devices. Yang et al. studied the in-plane and interfacial heat transfer and energy dissipation of 2D Bi2O2Se by Raman spectroscopy. Due to the low phonon group velocity, large surface scattering, and strong anharmonicity of Bi2O2Se phonons, the in-plane thermal conductivity of Bi2O2Se thin films decreases with the decrease in thickness. When the thickness of Bi2O2Se thin film is 8 nm, the in-plane thermal conductivity of Bi2O2Se is as low as 0.926–0.18 W/(m·K), which is far lower than that of other 2D materials such as black phosphorus and MoS2. However, contrary to the in-plane thermal conductivity coefficient, Bi2O2Se thin films have larger interface binding energy, the thinner Bi2O2Se has a stronger heat dissipation ability to the substrate, so its interface thermal conductivity increases as the thin films thickness decrease, reaching 21 MW/(m·K) when the thickness of Bi2O2Se thin film is 8 nm[62]. Yang et al. exhibited the photo-bolometric effect in Bi2O2Se photodetectors, which is based on temperature-induced hot carrier generation by light heating[63].

As a new 2D layered material, Bi2O2Se has a unique crystal structure and novel electron transport properties. Studies have shown that Bi2O2Se has ultrahigh carrier mobility, tunable bandgap, excellent thermoelectric property, perfect chemical and thermal stability, and controllable doping concentration, which are very attractive characteristics for electronic and optical applications. In the following, we present a brief review on the recent progress of Bi2O2Se in photodetectors, energy storage, memristors, optical switches, and biomedicine (Fig. 9).

Fig. 9.  (Color online) Schematic representation of device applications of Bi2O2Se.

The mobility of semiconductors is one of the most important parameters, which determines some key performance of electronic devices. Wu et al. measured the Hall mobility of Bi2O2Se thin films at a low temperature (1.9 K) as high as 29 000 cm2/(V·s), which is comparable to graphene[11]. The top-gated Bi2O2Se (6.2 nm) field effect transistor (Fig. 10(a)) exhibited excellent performance at room temperature, including ultrahigh Hall mobility (up to 450 cm2/(V·s)), a high current on/off ratio (>106), and near-ideal subthreshold swing value (~65 mV/dec)[11]. In addition, the current on/off ratio and the Hall mobility of Bi2O2Se both changed with the thickness of thin films. As the channel thickness decreased, the value of the on/off ratio increased from ~103 to ~106. For thicker Bi2O2Se, the Hall mobility at room temperature remains almost constant. However, thanks to the Bi2O2Se thin films with a thickness of less than 6 nm, their Hall mobility would suddenly drop due to severe surface/interface scattering, as shown in Fig. 10(b)[11]. Later, Tong et al. reported the hall mobility of Bi2O2Se thin film as 40 000 cm2/(V·s) at 2 K and attributed its ultrahigh mobility to the suppressed backscattering of electrons[33]. Since the mobility is closely related to the device performance such as photoconductive gain, response speed, and so on[64, 65], it is significant to improve the mobility further by growth control, gate tuning, avoiding various scattering from the surface/interface, and surface encapsulation with a dielectric layer[66].

Fig. 10.  (Color online) (a) Output curves of a 6.2 nm-thick Bi2O2Se device at room temperature. (b) μapp and Ion/Ioff of Bi2O2Se FETs as a function of channel thickness. Reproduced with permission[11]. Copyright 2017, Nature Publishing Group. (c) OM image of centimeter-scale 2D Bi2O2Se arrays. (d) Linear IdsVds curves of Bi2O2Se device with/without the illumination of 532 nm incident laser. Reproduced with permission[67]. Copyright 2017, Wiley-VCH. (e–g) Photocurrent, dark current, responsivity, detectivity, and response time as a function of temperature. Reproduced with permission[41]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH.

The preparation of Bi2O2Se array is a prerequisite for fully exerting its potential in integrated optoelectronics and multi-pixel readout digital circuits. To this end, Wu et al. used diluted H2O2 and protonic mixed acid as an effective etching agent to accurately pattern the 2D semiconductor Bi2O2Se crystal with high mobility on mica and obtained a centimeter order 2D Bi2O2Se array. The etched 2D Bi2O2Se crystals still retain high carrier mobility of 209 cm2/(V·s) (room temperature), and the integrated photodetector of the prepared 2D Bi2O2Se arrays exhibited good air stability (After being exposed to the air for about 6 months, the performance of the device hardly changed, as shown in Fig. 10(d)) and had a photoresponsivity up to 2000 A/W at 532 nm[67].

In recent decades, the near/medium infrared (IR) photodetectors have been widely used in military, academic, and commercial fields, and the semiconductor Bi2O2Se with a narrow bandgap of about 0.8 eV is particularly valuable for IR optoelectronic detection. Up to now, many people have reported on near/medium IR optoelectronic devices. First, Li et al. systematically studied the near-infrared photoelectric detection performance of Bi2O2Se thin films on mica substrate through variable temperature measurement. At 808 nm, the responsivity, detectivity, and response time reached 6.5 A/W, 8.3 × 1011 Jones and 2.8 ms, respectively[41]. When the temperature changed from 300 to 80 K, due to the thermal radiation of carriers at low temperatures being suppressed, the carrier density was reduced, resulting in a decrease of dark current from 152 to 1.5 nA. However, the photocurrent only changed slightly, and the photoelectric performance remained basically unchanged, as shown in Figs. 10(e)–10(g), indicating that the grown Bi2O2Se thin films had no surface trap states and shallow defect levels. In addition, there was no significant change in device performance when exposed to air for more than three months, demonstrating good air stability of the Bi2O2Se.

Most 2D layered materials, such as graphene, TMDCs, and so on, have not yet demonstrated both high sensitivity and rapid photoelectric response in infrared detection. However, the Bi2O2Se infrared photodetector on mica substrate reported by Yin et al. showed a high responsivity of 65 A/W at 1200 nm and an ultrafast response time of about 1 ps at room temperature[40]. At the same time, it exhibited a broadband optical response from visible light to 1700 nm. The photoelectric response reached 5800 A/W at 532 nm and 0.1 A/W at 1550 nm, which is comparable to other 2D materials such as graphene and TMDCs. In addition, 2D Bi2O2Se photodetectors can be integrated on flexible substrates and have a good imaging capability[40]. Due to the inherent indirect optical bandgap of Bi2O2Se, the photoresponse performance drops sharply at λ = 1550 nm (<0.1 A/W)[40]. To expand the Bi2O2Se response spectrum to the wider infrared, Luo et al.[68] used PbSe colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) to decorate Bi2O2Se to form a type II band structure, which facilitated the separation of photocarriers and improved the performance of Bi2O2Se photodetectors. Schematic diagrams of the hybrid photodetector under light excitation and band structure are shown in Figs. 11(a) and 11(b), resulting in an optical response time of less than 4 ms and an infrared response greater than 103 A/W at 2 μm, as shown in Figs. 11(c) and 11(d).

Fig. 11.  (Color online) (a) Schematic illustration of the PbSe/Bi2O2Se photodetector. (b) The estimated Type II energy band alignment between PbSe and Bi2O2Se before and after contact based on the estimated valence band offset and work function difference in UPS. (c) Photoresponse spectra. (d) Response decay dynamics of the hybrid photodetector. Reproduced with permission[68]. Copyright 2019, American Chemical Society. (e) Schematic illustration of the Bi2O2Se/MoSe2 heterojunction photodetector. Reproduced with permission[70]. Copyright 2019, Springer Science Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. (f) OM image of as-fabricated device with 3-layered Bi2O2Se IPJ. (g) Output characteristic curve of the device in panel (m). Reproduced with permission[71]. Copyright 2019, Chinese Physical Society. (h) Preparation of Au/Bi2O2Se/Au MSM structures on mica substrates with a probe tip. Reproduced with permission[72]. Copyright 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Compared with the monolayer or few-layer film, the multilayer film has higher state density and higher absolute light absorption, which can generate higher density photocurrent. Moreover, multilayer Bi2O2Se has a wider spectral response than few-layer Bi2O2Se due to the narrower bandgap. Yang et al. systematically studied the near-infrared photoelectric properties of multilayer Bi2O2Se thin films with a thickness of 30 nm, which had an ultra-sensitive optical response in the range of 850–1550 nm. The responsivity, detectivity, and external quantum efficiency reach 101 A/W, 1.9 × 1010 Jones, and 20 300% respectively at 1000 nm, and the response time is 30 ms (1500 nm)[69]. The results show that the multilayer Bi2O2Se has higher responsivity and external quantum efficiency than the few-layer Bi2O2Se reported in the literature[40], while maintaining a higher detectivity and a faster response time. Fu[34], Khan[20], and Tong et al.[33] investigated the performance of Bi2O2Se phototransistors in the UV–Visible–NIR spectrum, the maximum value of responsivity and detectivity reached 105 A/W and 1015 Jones, respectively. Yang et al.[70] fabricated Bi2O2Se-MoSe2 photodetector as shown in Fig. 11(e). The heterostructure showed a detection range from visible light to near-infrared (405–808 nm) with response and detection efficiency of 413.1 mA/W and 3.79 × 1011 Jones at 780 nm, respectively.

To avoid defects or contaminants generated during traditional electrode deposition or sample transfer on devices, Hong et al.[71] and Liu et al.[72] adopted different methods to improve the device structures. Hong et al. synthesized Bi2O2Se thin films with different thicknesses on the steps of mica substrate to form in-plane homojunction. The device’s optical image is shown in Fig. 11(f), and it exhibited a diode-like rectifying behavior with an on/off ratio of 102 (Fig. 11(g)). Maximum optical response of 2.5 A/W and a response time of 4.8 μs are achieved. Liu et al. transferred the pre-deposited gold electrodes onto the Bi2O2Se thin films with a probe and prepared Au/Bi2O2Se/Au MSM structures on mica substrates to form metal/semiconductor contacts (Fig. 11(h)). Under optimized annealing temperature, the maximum responsivity and response time of the device reached 9.1 A/W and 36 μs with a broadband spectral response ranging from UV to NIR (360–1090 nm). In the ultra-short channel, Yang et al. used the ab initio quantum transport simulation to predict the performance of Bi2O2Se FETs. The optimized n-type and p-type Bi2O2Se FET can meet or approach the high-performance requirements of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS)[17]. Table 2 shows the comparisons of device performance of Bi2O2Se and other 2D materials.

Table 2.  Comparisons of device performance of Bi2O2Se and other 2D materials.
MaterialLaser wavelength (nm)Responsivity
(A/W)
Detectivity
(Jones)
Rise/decay
time (ms)
Ref.
Bi2O2Se36075.143.32 × 101278.85[48]
Bi2O2Se405500558.2 × 10120.032/0.098[33]
Bi2O2Se450602.4 × 10105/7 (532 nm)[47]
Bi2O2Se473722.25.64 × 10110.267/1.1[73]
Bi2O2Se532842.918.18 × 1012[49]
Bi2O2Se532350009 × 10130.308/0.448[34]
Bi2O2Se532458002.65 × 1012200[74]
Bi2O2Se5909.19 × 1062.08 × 101239/63[35]
Bi2O2Se6409.11.3 × 1080.036/0.016[72]
Bi2O2Se6402.53.2 × 1080.0025/0.0048[71]
Bi2O2Se660221003.4 × 10156/20[20]
Bi2O2Se8086.58.3 × 10113.2/4.6[41]
Bi2O2Se9001011.9 × 101030[69]
Bi2O2Se1200653 × 109109[40]
Bi2O2Se/MoSe27800.4133.7 × 10110.79/0.49 (515 nm)[70]
Bi2O2Se/PbSe20003 × 103<4[68]
BiOCl25035.72.2 × 1010[75]
FePSe3/MoS2265336001.51 × 10130.32/0.36 (637 nm)[76]
SnS2/Au5321125.92.12 × 101120/770[77]
Graphene8900.57.4 × 109<10–5[78]
Graphene/PbS6005 × 1077 × 101310/100 (532 nm)[64]
Graphene375–37506 × 104 (Vis)
0.3 (NIR)
0.1 (MIR)
<10–3[65]
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Polymer solar cells (PSCs) have attracted much attention because of their outstanding advantages such as simple structure and preparation process, low cost, light weight, and their ability to be made into flexible devices. Recently, some 2D materials have been applied to PSC. Huang et al. applied high-mobility Bi2O2Se thin films as active layers in PSCs to promote charge transfer[79]. The results show that the performance of the device has been significantly improved, the PCE of PBDB-T:ITIC-based device has increased from 10.09% (0% by weight) to 12.22% (2 wt%). The PCE of the PM6:Y6-based device reached 16.28% when 2 wt% Bi2O2Se is introduced. The optimized ternary device shows good air stability, indicating that the Bi2O2Se material has a good application prospect in photovoltaic devices (Fig. 12).

Fig. 12.  (Color online) (a) Structure of polymer solar cells. (b) Energy diagram of the device. Reproduced with permission[79]. Copyright 2020, American Chemical Society.

With the rapid expansion of data information, modern computers based on the von Neumann architecture are facing severe challenges. Intelligent computers that can learn, memorize and process information flexibly like the human brain are the direction and goal of future computer development. Memory resistors can remember their resistance history, which can be used on many occasions, such as nonvolatile storage devices, energy-efficient computers, neuromorphic calculating, and so on. Synapse refers to the part where neurons and neurons are connected which includes three parts: presynaptic membrane, synaptic cleft, and postsynaptic membrane[25, 8082]. The use of memristors to simulate synapses is based on the basic idea that the electrical properties can be altered under external stimuli and then memorized similar to synaptic plasticity, which makes it possible for memristors to build brain-like large-scale integrated circuits in the future.

Recently, Zhang et al. used the newly emerging 2D layered semiconductor material Bi2O2Se to realize a three-terminal memristor that simulates brain functions. Schematic diagram of the cross-sectional structure and the optical image are shown in Fig. 13[25]. Zhang et al. demonstrated for the first time the coexistence of long-term plasticity (LTP) and short-term plasticity (STP) by decoupling the sites where the physical LTP and STP processes occurred. The concerted action of STP and LTP can make the transient synaptic efficacy from depression to facilitation be comprehensively adjusted through stimulus frequency or intensity. Through the heuristic recurrent neural circuitry model, the complex neural process of "sleep-wake cycle autoregulation" was simulated to show the complex computing power of memristors and the well-designed LTP and STP[25]. This work indicates that Bi2O2Se has great potential for complex neuromorphic functional devices for high dynamic neuromorphic computing. Furthermore, Yang et al.[24] developed a bidirectional all-optical synapse based on a 2D Bi2O2Se/Graphene hybrid structure. The hybrid structure presents both positive and negative photoresponsibility, which was used to realize all optically stimulated potentiation and depression. Recently, Yan et al. fabricate Bi2O2Se/PMN-PT 2D-FeFETs through growing high-quality Bi2O2Se epitaxial films on ferroelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) single-crystal substrates. Thus, nonvolatile electric field modulation is achieved by changing the polarization direction of the ferroelectric layer, enabling the application of Bi2O2Se in nonvolatile memory[83].

Fig. 13.  (Color online) (a) Schematic diagram of the Bi2O2Se device structure. (b) Optical image of the Bi2O2Se memristor. Reproduced with permission[25]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH.

Pulsed lasers working in the mid-infrared (3–25 µm) range have broad application prospects in the fields of national defense, military, biomedical research, environmental monitoring, sensing, atmospheric communications, and imaging. So far, nonlinear optical devices with the ability to generate pulsed lasers, called passive saturable absorbers or optical switches, are one of the key factors limiting the development of mid-infrared pulsed lasers. In particular, optical switches with broadband response can produce short pulse output by rapidly switching absorption[84]. Although graphene can be used as a saturable absorber near 3 μm due to its zero bandgap, graphene has a low absorption coefficient (~2.3%) which limits its application in producing short-pulse lasers in the mid-infrared range. Therefore, finding new functional materials that can be used for mid-infrared short pulse generation is very important for the wide application of mid-infrared light sources.

Since layered Bi2O2Se can be split along its Se plane, the surface atomic structure may be rearranged. There are nonequilibrium electrons distribution between [Bi2O2]2n+n and [Se]2nn layer. A planar topology system can be constructed through the Majorana bound state. Nonequilibrium electrons and potential energy topological states can excite optical nonlinearities. Tian et al. proved that Bi2O2Se as a saturable absorber has an ultra-wideband saturable nonlinear optical response in the wavelength range of 0.80 to 5.0 μm through Z-scan technology and pump probe technology. At 5.0 μm, the response time reaches the order of picoseconds and the response amplitude is as high as ~330.1%. An optical modulator based on 2D Bi2O2Se semiconductor can provide a simple, low-cost, effective, and scalable nonlinear absorption material for a 3 µm Q-switched fiber laser. Fig. 14 shows a 3 µm compact fiber laser that generates laser pulses through a Bi2O2Se-based optical switch[46]. Li et al. have applied optical switches to the field of terahertz systems. They used a PS-assisted transfer method to transfer Bi2O2Se to the silicon substrate to configure a Bi2O2Se/Si structured terahertz wave switch. The strong absorption of terahertz waves is caused by the accumulation of carriers at the interface. This device achieves an extinction ratio of 17.7 dB at an external laser irradiance of 1.3 W/cm2 at a broadband (0.25–1.5 THz) power density and also has a switching speed of 2 MHz. This shows that Bi2O2Se has potential for terahertz sensing, security, imaging, spectroscopy, communications, and so on[85].

Fig. 14.  (Color online) Structure diagram of a Bi2O2Se optical switch. Reproduced with permission[46]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH.

Photothermal technology has always attracted much attention in the field of cancer photothermal therapy (PTT). To improve the efficiency of treatment, researchers are committed to finding suitable materials with good photothermal properties and high tissue penetration ability under near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation[8688]. In the past decade, 2D layered materials have been developed rapidly, which promoted the development of photothermal agents such as graphene oxide (GO), WS2, and MoS2. It is well known that Se is a low-toxicity therapeutic agent, and Bi is beneficial to the preparation of X-ray contrast agents with good biological tolerance.

Recently, Xie et al.[23] synthesized Bi2O2Se quantum dots (QDs) from bulk Bi2O2Se crystals by a simple solution method. TEM, AFM image, and cross-sectional analysis of the synthesized Bi2O2Se QDs are shown in Fig. 15. Bi2O2Se QDs were used as photoacoustic (PA) imaging agents and photothermal therapy (PTT) reagents. It was confirmed that PA signal intensity increases with the increase of the concentration of QDs, and the smaller Bi2O2Se QDs had higher photothermal conversion efficiency. The photothermal conversion coefficient of Bi2O2Se QDs with size and thickness of 3.8 and 1.9 nm respectively is as high as 35.7%. Moreover, Bi2O2Se had a good photothermal stability. After four cycles of near-infrared laser irradiation, the temperature dropped only slightly (~1 °C). Experiments show that Bi2O2Se QDs have excellent PA performance and PTT efficiency. After the injection of the drug, QDs accumulated at the tumor site, making the PA imaging of the entire tumor clearer and stronger, which is conducive to imaging-guided PTT. The drug has no obvious toxicity. More importantly, Bi2O2Se QDs have an appropriate degradation rate in an aqueous solution, which can be almost completely degraded within 2 months. In contrast, the other two widely used inorganic PTT reagents, Au nanorods and GO nanosheets, both show high stability in aqueous solutions, indicating that they have poor degradability. Therefore, Bi2O2Se QDs have enough stability in the body to complete the treatment and will be discharged harmlessly from the body after treatment. The results show that the biodegradable Bi2O2Se QDs have promising application potential in imaging-guided PTT[23].

Fig. 15.  (Color online) (a) TEM image, (b) AFM image, and (c) height analysis of Bi2O2Se QDs. Reproduced with permission[23]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH.

In summary, we reviewed the recent research progress on Bi2O2Se. The review starts from the preparation method, the preparation conditions and growth characteristics. Then, the crystal structure, electronic structure, optical properties, mechanical properties, and thermoelectric performance of Bi2O2Se are introduced in detail. Subsequently, Bi2O2Se applications in optoelectronics, energy storage, neuromorphic computing, nonvolatile memory, terahertz, and biomedicine were presented.

2D Bi2O2Se has the characteristics of atomic layer thickness, ultrahigh mobility, moderate and tunable band structure, high chemical and thermal stability, and excellent mechanical flexibility. Therefore, it has quickly become a research focus since its first report by the Peng group. Its rich physical and chemical properties make Bi2O2Se a great promising application prospect in solar cells, energy storage, environmental catalysis, sensors, memory, and so on. Although Bi2O2Se is a new 2D material, we have seen rapid growth in research interest on it in recent years. However, there are still many challenges for its large-scale application in the future.

At present, 2D Bi2O2Se thin films have been synthesized generally by using a bottom-up method or top-down method. Nonetheless, the controllable preparation of 2D Bi2O2Se single crystals with large size and atomic thickness still needs further systematic study. Moreover, large-area transferring Bi2O2Se thin films without introducing extrinsic contamination or intrinsic defects still face tough challenges[34]. In photoelectric device applications, although QDs were used to improve the photoelectric sensitivity of Bi2O2Se photodetector, expensive production costs, complicated sensitization process, and even the heavy metal ions contained in QDs are great obstacles against putting Bi2O2Se into practical applications. In addition, the dark current of the device after sensitization becomes substantially higher, which is unfavorable for improving the device detectivity and the signal to noise ratio[68]. In an electronic Bi2O2Se thin film device, the heat generated in electric measurement is not easy to be dissipated in time due to its low in-plane thermal conductivity[62]. Therefore, overheating in electrical measurement burns the device. So the fine metal-semiconductor contact and heat management need more consideration.

The photodetectors (transistors), flexible electronic devices, energy storage devices, and so on that are described in this article are only part of the Bi2O2Se applications. The less studied and meaningful properties in 2D Bi2O2Se such as ferroelectricity and ferroelasticity, have great promise for future research in phase change engineering, piezoelectricity, electrostriction, and so on[89, 90]. 2D Bi2O2Se has exhibited many excellent properties and has achieved some important applications in the fields of industrial production, environment monitoring, energy harvesting and medical treatment. However, the properties and application of Bi2O2Se still have a big room to be explored and more wonderful performance is expected in future research work.

This work is supported by China University of Geosciences (Beijing) College Students' Innovative Entrepreneurial Training Plan Program(No. 202211415026). National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11974318). China University of Geosciences (Beijing) 2021 Undergraduate Education Quality Improvement Plan Construction Project (No. XNFZ202106).



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Fig. 1.  (Color online) (a) Graphene optical photographs with a thickness of about 3 nm. (b) Atomic force microscope images of monolayer graphene. Reproduced with permission[9]. Copyright 2004, The American Association for the Advancement of Science. (c) Schematic diagram of the atomic structure of graphene. (d) Schematic diagram of black phosphorus atomic structure. Reproduced with permission[14]. Copyright 2014, Nature Publishing Group. (e) Schematic diagram of MoS2 atomic structure. Reproduced with permission[15]. Copyright 2011, Nature Publishing Group.

Fig. 2.  (Color online) Preparation of two-dimensional films by CVD method. (a) CVD preparation diagram. Reproduced with permission[31]. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. (b) 2D Bi2O2Se crystal synthesized on mica. Reproduced with permission[11]. Copyright 2017, Nature Publishing Group. (c–f) Domain size and crystal phase transition of Bi2O2Se thin films. Reproduced with permission[31]. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. (g, h) SEM of both transverse Bi2O2Se and vertical triangular Bi2OxSe. Reproduced with permission 41]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH. (i) Improved preparation method. Reproduced with permission[32]. Copyright 2019, American Chemical Society. (j, k) Schematic of VS growth mechanism. Reproduced with permission[20]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH. (l) SEM pictures of Bi2O2Se on STO. Reproduced with permission[19]. Copyright 2019, American Chemical Society. (m) Vertical growth of 2D Bi2O2Se films. Reproduced with permission[43]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH.

Fig. 3.  (Color online) (a) Crystal structure of Bi2O2Se. Reproduced with permission[46]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH. (b, c) HRTEM of Bi2O2Se. Reproduced with permission[31]. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society.

Fig. 4.  (Color online) (a–c) ARPES of Bi2O2Se films. Reproduced with permission[11]. Copyright 2017, Nature Publishing Group. (d) Band structure of Bi2O2Se films and bulk. Reproduced with permission[16]. Copyright 2019, Nature Publishing Group.

Fig. 5.  (Color online) (a) Raman spectra of Bi2O2Se films with different layers. Reproduced with permission[20]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH. (b–d) Four Raman vibration modes of Bi2O2Se. Reproduced with permission[55]. Copyright 2018, American Chemical Society.

Fig. 6.  (Color online) (a, b) Transmittance and band gap of 2D Bi2O2Se films and bulk. Reproduced with permission[31]. Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. (c) Peak differential reflection (blue symbols) and PL (red curve) of the 13 nm nanoplate as a function of the probe wavelength (upper panel) and its transmittance spectrum (lower panel). Reproduced with permission[56]. Copyright 2020, Wiley-VCH. (d) Peak differential reflection (blue symbols) and PL (red curve) of the monolayer as a function of the probe wavelength. Reproduced with permission[56]. Copyright 2020, Wiley-VCH.

Fig. 7.  (Color online) (a) TEM image of Bi2O2Se on a copper grid. Reproduced with permission[20]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH. (b) Photograph of 2D Bi2O2Se photodetectors and arrays on mica. (c) Optical image of 3  ×  5 multi-pixel array of 2D Bi2O2Se photodetectors. (d) Photocurrent of a 2D Bi2O2Se photodetector in air. Reproduced with permission [40]. Copyright 2018, Nature Publishing Group.

Fig. 8.  (a) Electrical conductivity σ of the Bi2O2Se film as a function of temperature. (b) Thermal conductivity κ of the Bi2O2Se rectangular block as a function of temperature. (c) Seebeck coefficient S of the Bi2O2Se film as a function of temperature. Reproduced with permission[59]. Copyright 2013, Elsevier.

Fig. 9.  (Color online) Schematic representation of device applications of Bi2O2Se.

Fig. 10.  (Color online) (a) Output curves of a 6.2 nm-thick Bi2O2Se device at room temperature. (b) μapp and Ion/Ioff of Bi2O2Se FETs as a function of channel thickness. Reproduced with permission[11]. Copyright 2017, Nature Publishing Group. (c) OM image of centimeter-scale 2D Bi2O2Se arrays. (d) Linear IdsVds curves of Bi2O2Se device with/without the illumination of 532 nm incident laser. Reproduced with permission[67]. Copyright 2017, Wiley-VCH. (e–g) Photocurrent, dark current, responsivity, detectivity, and response time as a function of temperature. Reproduced with permission[41]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH.

Fig. 11.  (Color online) (a) Schematic illustration of the PbSe/Bi2O2Se photodetector. (b) The estimated Type II energy band alignment between PbSe and Bi2O2Se before and after contact based on the estimated valence band offset and work function difference in UPS. (c) Photoresponse spectra. (d) Response decay dynamics of the hybrid photodetector. Reproduced with permission[68]. Copyright 2019, American Chemical Society. (e) Schematic illustration of the Bi2O2Se/MoSe2 heterojunction photodetector. Reproduced with permission[70]. Copyright 2019, Springer Science Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. (f) OM image of as-fabricated device with 3-layered Bi2O2Se IPJ. (g) Output characteristic curve of the device in panel (m). Reproduced with permission[71]. Copyright 2019, Chinese Physical Society. (h) Preparation of Au/Bi2O2Se/Au MSM structures on mica substrates with a probe tip. Reproduced with permission[72]. Copyright 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Fig. 12.  (Color online) (a) Structure of polymer solar cells. (b) Energy diagram of the device. Reproduced with permission[79]. Copyright 2020, American Chemical Society.

Fig. 13.  (Color online) (a) Schematic diagram of the Bi2O2Se device structure. (b) Optical image of the Bi2O2Se memristor. Reproduced with permission[25]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH.

Fig. 14.  (Color online) Structure diagram of a Bi2O2Se optical switch. Reproduced with permission[46]. Copyright 2018, Wiley-VCH.

Fig. 15.  (Color online) (a) TEM image, (b) AFM image, and (c) height analysis of Bi2O2Se QDs. Reproduced with permission[23]. Copyright 2019, Wiley-VCH.

Table 1.   Summary of preparation methods, growth conditions, and basic characteristics for Bi2O2Se.

MethodPrecursor,
growth conditions
Domain size (μm)Thickness (nm)Mobility (cm2/(V·s))Ref.
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, 600–640 °C, 400 Torr~2002–4 layers~313 (300 K)
–20660 (2 K)
[31]
CVDSe, Bi2O3, 680 °C, 400 Torr~2504 layers410 (RT)[32]
CVDBi2Se3,Bi2O3, 580–650 °C, 100-400 Torr>2006.7~450 (RT)
–29000 (1.9 K)
[11]
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, 550–630 °C, 30 Pa~1809.8 98 (300 K)[33]
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, 620 °C, 350–400 Torr~1005.2107[34]
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, <670 °C~2000.65~262 (RT)[35]
CVDBi2Se3, Bi2O3, >670 °C>170010.8[35]
Reverse-flow CVDBi2O2Se powder, 760 °C, 400 mbar~75013.71400 (RT)[47]
Modified Bridgman methodBi2O3, Se, Bi powderBulkBulk2.8 × 105 (2 K)[37]
Hydrothermal
method
C6H13BiN2O7·H2O, Na2O3Se and KOH>24.7[48]
Hydrothermal
method
Na2SeO3, C6H13BiN2O7·H2O and KOH>604.92334.7 (RT)[49]
Solution-assisted methodBi(NO3)3·5H2O, (CH2OH)2, 500 °C, 400 TorrContinuous8.574 (RT)[18]
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Table 2.   Comparisons of device performance of Bi2O2Se and other 2D materials.

MaterialLaser wavelength (nm)Responsivity
(A/W)
Detectivity
(Jones)
Rise/decay
time (ms)
Ref.
Bi2O2Se36075.143.32 × 101278.85[48]
Bi2O2Se405500558.2 × 10120.032/0.098[33]
Bi2O2Se450602.4 × 10105/7 (532 nm)[47]
Bi2O2Se473722.25.64 × 10110.267/1.1[73]
Bi2O2Se532842.918.18 × 1012[49]
Bi2O2Se532350009 × 10130.308/0.448[34]
Bi2O2Se532458002.65 × 1012200[74]
Bi2O2Se5909.19 × 1062.08 × 101239/63[35]
Bi2O2Se6409.11.3 × 1080.036/0.016[72]
Bi2O2Se6402.53.2 × 1080.0025/0.0048[71]
Bi2O2Se660221003.4 × 10156/20[20]
Bi2O2Se8086.58.3 × 10113.2/4.6[41]
Bi2O2Se9001011.9 × 101030[69]
Bi2O2Se1200653 × 109109[40]
Bi2O2Se/MoSe27800.4133.7 × 10110.79/0.49 (515 nm)[70]
Bi2O2Se/PbSe20003 × 103<4[68]
BiOCl25035.72.2 × 1010[75]
FePSe3/MoS2265336001.51 × 10130.32/0.36 (637 nm)[76]
SnS2/Au5321125.92.12 × 101120/770[77]
Graphene8900.57.4 × 109<10–5[78]
Graphene/PbS6005 × 1077 × 101310/100 (532 nm)[64]
Graphene375–37506 × 104 (Vis)
0.3 (NIR)
0.1 (MIR)
<10–3[65]
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      • Huayu Tao:is an undergraduate in the School of Materials Science and Engineering of China University of Geosciences (Beijing), mainly engaged in the research of low dimensional oxide materials. Her work has been published in Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews
      • Gengwei Li:has worked in China University of Geosciences (Beijing) since he graduated from Beijing Normal University with a master's degree in optics in 2001, and received a doctorate in solid geophysics from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) in 2013. Mainly engaged in the theoretical research of optics, thin film materials and electromagnetic fields. Nearly 50 papers have been published, including Materials Research Express, Acta Physica Sinica, Materials Review, OptoElectronics Letters, etc
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      • Received Date: 2022-08-22
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