Photocurrent persistence reduction in ZnO nanowire photodetectors (Conference Presentation)

Jean-Philippe Girard; Sergei Kostcheev; Bogdan Bercu; Tim Puchtler; Robert Taylor; Louis Giraudet; Christophe Couteau

doi:10.1117/12.2320290

17 September 2018 Photocurrent persistence reduction in ZnO nanowire photodetectors (Conference Presentation)

Jean-Philippe Girard, Sergei Kostcheev, Bogdan Bercu, Tim Puchtler, Robert Taylor, Louis Giraudet, Christophe Couteau

Proceedings Volume 10720, Nanophotonic Materials XV; 107200A (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320290
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Due to the high surface to volume ratio, nanowire based components benefit from new properties typical of the nanoscale. ZnO nanowires have already proved their usefulness in the realization of multiple electronic components, such as FET transistors, gas detectors, photodetectors, LEDs or even solar cells. ZnO nanowires have also shown themselves to be very promising UV detectors thanks to their significant photoconductive gain, as high as G =10^8 [1]. This makes them suitable for single photon detection, or at least detection of very dim light. The main current drawback is the recovery time (minimum time between 2 detections) which we develop last hours. The device we developed is a good candidate for opto-electronic applications. Our device is a photodetector with ohmic contact and it behaves like a transistor. Our experiments stress out the importance of surface effect on the electrical by taking measurements in different atmospheres (oxygen, air, vacuum and argon). These surface states are the reason for the existence of a photoconductive gain, we obtain a maximum gain of G =6.10^6. In counterpart of this great gain, the persistence of the photocurrent (which can last up to several hours) prevents the device from operating at high frequency. We propose a method to reduce this time by applying a gate voltage. REFERENCES [1] C. Soci , A. Zhang, B. Xiang, S. A. Dayeh, D. P. R. Aplin, J. Park, X. Y. Bao, Y. H. Lo, and D. Wang, Nano Lett. 7, 1003 (2007).

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Jean-Philippe Girard, Sergei Kostcheev, Bogdan Bercu, Tim Puchtler, Robert Taylor, Louis Giraudet, and Christophe Couteau "Photocurrent persistence reduction in ZnO nanowire photodetectors (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10720, Nanophotonic Materials XV, 107200A (17 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320290

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Nanowires

Photodetectors

Zinc oxide

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