ZnO nanowire array ultraviolet photodetectors with self-powered properties

被引:87
作者
Bai, Zhiming [1 ]
Yan, Xiaoqin [1 ]
Chen, Xiang [1 ]
Liu, Hanshuo [1 ]
Shen, Yanwei [1 ]
Zhang, Yue [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Sci & Technol Beijing, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Adv Met & Mat, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
[2] Univ Sci & Technol Beijing, Key Lab New Energy Mat & Technol, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China
关键词
ZnO; Nanowire arrays; UV photodetector; Hydrothermal synthesis; Self-powered; NANOSTRUCTURES;
D O I
10.1016/j.cap.2012.07.005
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
A ZnO nanowire (NW) array ultraviolet photodetector (PD) with Pt Schottky contacts has been fabricated on a glass substrate. Under UV light illumination, this PD showed a high photo-to-dark current ratio of 892 at 30 V bias. Interestingly, it was also found that this PD had a high sensitivity of 475 without external bias. This phenomenon could be explained by the asymmetric Schottky barrier height (SBH) at the two ends causing different separation efficiency of photogenerated electron-hole pairs, which resulted in the formation of photocurrent. It is anticipated to have potential applications in self-powered UV detection field. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:165 / 169
页数:5
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