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- Title
Three-dimensional a-Si/a-Ge radial heterojunction near-infrared photovoltaic detector.
- Authors
Sun, Xiaolin; Zhang, Ting; Yu, Linwei; Xu, Ling; Wang, Junzhuan
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTODETECTORS; SILICON nanowires; FABRICATION (Manufacturing); AMORPHOUS substances
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2019, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-019-56374-2