Three-dimensional a-Si/a-Ge radial heterojunction near-infrared photovoltaic detector

In this work, three-dimensional (3D) radial heterojunction photodetectors (PD) were constructed over vertical crystalline Si nanowires (SiNWs), with stacked hydrogenated amorphous germanium (a-Ge:H)/a-Si:H thin film layer as absorbers. The hetero absorber layer is designed to benefit from the type-II band alignment at the a-Ge/a-Si hetero-interface, which could help to enable an automated photo-carrier separation without exterior power supply. By inserting a carefully controlled a-Si passivation layer between the a-Ge:H layer and the p-type SiNWs, we demonstrate first a convenient fabrication of a new hetero a-Ge/a-Si structure operating as self-powered photodetectors (PD) in the near-infrared (NIR) range up to 900 nm, indicating a potential to serve as low cost, flexible and high performance radial junction sensing units for NIR imaging and PD applications.

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E-Artikel

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2019

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2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

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Scientific reports - 9(2019), 1 vom: 24. Dez., Seite 19752

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Xiaolin [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Linwei [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Junzhuan [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 27.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1038/s41598-019-56374-2

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NLM304751677