(1. School of Material Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China) (2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China) (3. Department of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China)
Due to the wide military and civilian fields application, ultraviolet (UV) detectors have attracted much attention. Compared with the complex molecular structure, poor stability and other disadvantages of organic materials, inorganic materials are widely used in the field of ultraviolet detection due to their good stability and controllable growth. The development of UV detectors and their types were briefly introduced. The preparation methods and application status of typical materials for UV detection, including metal oxides, diamonds, group IIInitride were emphatically summarized. Finally, some problems existed in inorganic materials for UV detection such as material growth and device performance were proposed, and their future development was prospected.