Photocarrier relaxation behavior of a single ZnO nanowire UV photodetector: Effect of surface band bending

Ming Wei Chen; Jose Ramon Duran Retamal; Cheng Ying Chen; Jr Hau He

doi:10.1109/LED.2011.2180012

Photocarrier relaxation behavior of a single ZnO nanowire UV photodetector: Effect of surface band bending

Ming Wei Chen^*, Jose Ramon Duran Retamal, Cheng Ying Chen, Jr Hau He

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Abstract

The surface effect on the photocarrier relaxation behavior using a single ZnO nanowire (NW) ultraviolet (UV) photodetector has been evaluated. The pronounced surface effect leads to the enhancement-mode field-effect-transistor behavior in dark and accounts for the slow relaxation behavior after switching off the illumination. The recovery of photocurrent is found to be strongly related to the intensity of UV light and the diameter of NWs, indicating that the photocarrier relaxation behavior is dominated by surface band bending (SBB). A model for the relaxation behavior based on the SBB of NWs is proposed to interpret the experimental results.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6144690
Pages (from-to)	411-413
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume	33
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2011.2180012
State	Published - Mar 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Nanowire (NW)
ZnO
photodetector
relaxation time
surface band bending (SBB)

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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