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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017)

A Self-Powered Fast-Response Ultraviolet Detector of p–n Homojunction Assembled from Two ZnO-Based Nanowires

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-016-0112-6
Yumei Wang
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Ying Chen
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Wanqiu Zhao
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Longwei Ding
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Li Wen
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Haixia Li
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Fan Jiang
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Jun Su
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Luying Li
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Nishuang Liu
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China
Yihua Gao
Center for Nanoscale Characterization and Devices (CNCD), Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO) & School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Yihua Gao

gaoyihua@hust.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017), Article Number: 11

Abstract

Nowadays, fabrication of micro/nano-scale electronic devices with bottom-up approach is paid much research attention. Here, we provide a novel micro/nano-assembling method, which is accurate and efficient, especially suitable for the fabrication of micro/nano-scale electronic devices. Using this method, a self-powered ZnO/Sb-doped ZnO nanowire p–n homojunction ultraviolet detector (UVD) was fabricated, and the detailed photoelectric properties were tested. At a reverse bias of −0.1 V under UV light illumination, the photoresponse sensitivity of the UVD was 26.5 and the rise/decay time of the UVD was as short as 30 ms. The micro/nano-assembling method has wide potential applications in the fabrication of specific micro/nano-scale electronic devices.

Keywords

Zinc oxide Micro/nano-assembling p–n homojunction Ultraviolet photodetector
Wang, Yumei, Ying Chen, Wanqiu Zhao, Longwei Ding, Li Wen, Haixia Li, Fan Jiang, Jun Su, Luying Li, Nishuang Liu, and Yihua Gao. 2016. “A Self-Powered Fast-Response Ultraviolet Detector of p–n Homojunction Assembled from Two ZnO-Based Nanowires”. Nano-Micro Letters 9 (1):11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-016-0112-6.
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