Low-temperature, ion beam-assisted SiC thin films with antireflective ZnO nanorod arrays for high-temperature photodetection

Wei Cheng Lien; Dung Sheng Tsai; Shu Hsien Chiu; Debbie G. Senesky; Roya Maboudian; Albert P. Pisano; Jr Hau He

doi:10.1109/LED.2011.2164570

Low-temperature, ion beam-assisted SiC thin films with antireflective ZnO nanorod arrays for high-temperature photodetection

Wei Cheng Lien^*, Dung Sheng Tsai, Shu Hsien Chiu, Debbie G. Senesky, Roya Maboudian, Albert P. Pisano, Jr Hau He

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Abstract

This work demonstrates high-temperature operation of metal-semiconductor- metal photodetectors (MSM PDs) using low-temperature, ion beam-assisted deposition of nanocrystalline SiC thin films and hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO nanorod arrays (NRAs). Due to the incorporation of ZnO NRAs, the photo-to-dark current ratio of SiC MSM PDs is increased from 4.9 to 13.3 at 25°C and from 4.9 to 7.6 at 200°C. The enhancement in the sensitivity suggests that the ZnO NRAs could serve as an effective antireflective layer to guide more light into the SiC MSM PDs. This was confirmed through the characterization of reflectance measurements and finite-difference time-domain analysis. These results support the integration of nanocrystalline SiC thin films and ZnO NRAs for use in high-temperature photodetection applications.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6022746
Pages (from-to)	1564-1566
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume	32
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2011.2164570
State	Published - Nov 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Nanowires
Photodetectors (PDs)
SiC
ZnO

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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