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Wang Z, Sun J, Wu C, Li J, Wang L, Zhang Y, Li Z, Zheng X, Wen L. Plasmonic Bound States in the Continuum Metasurface-Semiconductor-Metal Architecture Enables Efficient Hot-Electron-Based Photodetector. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:32836-32846. [PMID: 38874560 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c03770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2024]
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Plasmonic hot-electron-based photodetectors (HEB-PDs) have received widespread attention for their ability to realize effective carrier collection under sub-bandgap illumination. However, due to the low hot electron emission probability, most of the existing HEB-PDs exhibit poor responsivity, which significantly restricts their practical applications. Here, by employing the binary-pore anodic alumina oxide template technique, we proposed a compact plasmonic bound state in continuum metasurface-semiconductor-metal-based (BIC M-S-M) HEB-PD. The symmetry-protected BIC can manipulate a strong gap surface plasmon in the stacked M-S-M structure, which effectively enhances light-matter interactions and improves the photoresponse of the integrated device. Notably, the optimal M-S-M HEB-PD with near-unit absorption (∼90%) around 800 nm delivers a responsivity of 5.18 A/W and an IPCE of 824.23% under 780 nm normal incidence (1 V external bias). Moreover, the ultrathin feature of BIC M-S-M (∼150 nm) on the flexible substrate demonstrates excellent stability under a wide range of illumination angles from -40° to 40° and at the curvature surface from 0.05 to 0.13 mm-1. The proposed plasmonic BIC strategy is very promising for many other hot-electron-related fields, such as photocatalysis, biosensing, imaging, and so on.
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- Zichen Wang
- Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, People's Republic of China
- Research Center for Industries of the Future (RCIF), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future (RCIF), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, People's Republic of China
- Westlake Institute for Optoelectronics, Westlake University, 68 Jiangnan Rd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311421, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future (RCIF), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future (RCIF), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future (RCIF), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future (RCIF), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future (RCIF), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future (RCIF), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, People's Republic of China
- Westlake Institute for Optoelectronics, Westlake University, 68 Jiangnan Rd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311421, People's Republic of China
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- Research Center for Industries of the Future (RCIF), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, People's Republic of China
- Westlake Institute for Optoelectronics, Westlake University, 68 Jiangnan Rd, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311421, People's Republic of China
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Namgung SD, Kim RM, Han JH, Nam KT. Circular polarization sensitive opto-neuromorphic operation at plasmonic hot electron transistor using chiral gold nanoparticles. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 35:245201. [PMID: 38461550 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad321e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/10/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Opto-neuromorphic operation is critical for biological system to recognize the visual objects and mimicking such operation is important for artificial prosthesis as well as machine vision system for industrial applications. To sophisticatedly mimic biological system, regulation of learning and memorizing efficiency is needed, however engineered synthetic platform has been lack of controllability, which makes huge gap between biological system and synthetic platform. Here we demonstrated controllable learning and memorizing opto-neuromorphic operation at plasmonic hot electron transistor. Especially, circularly polarized light (CPL) sensitive synaptic characteristics and learning experience capability are enabled by incorporating chiral plasmonic nanoparticle. Furthermore, gate voltage gives rise to controllable neuromorphic operation due to hot electron injection and trapping effect, resulting in high remaining synaptic weight of ∼70% at negative gate voltage under CPL excitation. We believe that this discovery makes significant leap toward on-demand in-sensor computing as well as toward bio-realistic device.
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- Seok Daniel Namgung
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Division of Biomedical Metrology, Medical Metrology Group, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Namgung SD, Kim RM, Lim YC, Lee JW, Cho NH, Kim H, Huh JS, Rhee H, Nah S, Song MK, Kwon JY, Nam KT. Circularly polarized light-sensitive, hot electron transistor with chiral plasmonic nanoparticles. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5081. [PMID: 36038547 PMCID: PMC9424280 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32721-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The quantitative detection of circularly polarized light (CPL) is necessary in next-generation optical communication carrying high-density information and in phase-controlled displays exhibiting volumetric imaging. In the current technology, multiple pixels of different wavelengths and polarizers are required, inevitably resulting in high loss and low detection efficiency. Here, we demonstrate a highly efficient CPL-detecting transistor composed of chiral plasmonic nanoparticles with a high Khun's dissymmetry (g-factor) of 0.2 and a high mobility conducting oxide of InGaZnO. The device successfully distinguished the circular polarization state and displayed an unprecedented photoresponsivity of over 1 A/W under visible CPL excitation. This observation is mainly attributed to the hot electron generation in chiral plasmonic nanoparticles and to the effective collection of hot electrons in the oxide semiconducting transistor. Such characteristics further contribute to opto-neuromorphic operation and the artificial nervous system based on the device successfully performs image classification work. We anticipate that our strategy will aid in the rational design and fabrication of a high-performance CPL detector and opto-neuromorphic operation with a chiral plasmonic structure depending on the wavelength and circular polarization state.
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- Seok Daniel Namgung
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.,Soft Foundry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.,Soft Foundry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- School of Integrated Technology, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Republic of Korea
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- School of Integrated Technology, Yonsei University, Incheon, 21983, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea. .,Soft Foundry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Hot-carrier (HC) generation from (localized) surface plasmon decay has recently attracted much attention due to its promising applications in physical, chemical, materials, and energy science. However, the detailed mechanisms of plasmonic HC generation, relaxation, and trapping are less studied. In this work, we developed and applied a quantum-mechanical model and coupled master equation method to study the generation of HCs from plasmon decay and their following relaxation processes with different mechanisms treated on equal footing. First, a quantum-mechanical model for HC generation is developed. Its connection to existing semiclassical models and time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is discussed. Second, the relaxation and lifetimes of HCs are investigated in the presence of electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions. A GW-like approximation is introduced to account for the electron-electron scattering. The numerical simulations on the Jellium nanoparticles with a size up to 1.6 nm demonstrate the electron-electron scattering and electron-phonon scattering dominate different time scale in the relaxation dynamics. We also generalize the model to study the extraction of HCs to attached molecules. The quantum yield of extracting HCs for other applications is found to be size-dependent. In general, the smaller size of NP improves the quantum yield, which is in agreement with recent experimental measurements. Even though we demonstrate this newly developed theoretical formalism with Jellium model, the theory applies to any other atomistic models.
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- Yu Zhang
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Tang H, Chen CJ, Huang Z, Bright J, Meng G, Liu RS, Wu N. Plasmonic hot electrons for sensing, photodetection, and solar energy applications: A perspective. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:220901. [PMID: 32534522 DOI: 10.1063/5.0005334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In plasmonic metals, surface plasmon resonance decays and generates hot electrons and hot holes through non-radiative Landau damping. These hot carriers are highly energetic, which can be modulated by the plasmonic material, size, shape, and surrounding dielectric medium. A plasmonic metal nanostructure, which can absorb incident light in an extended spectral range and transfer the absorbed light energy to adjacent molecules or semiconductors, functions as a "plasmonic photosensitizer." This article deals with the generation, emission, transfer, and energetics of plasmonic hot carriers. It also describes the mechanisms of hot electron transfer from the plasmonic metal to the surface adsorbates or to the adjacent semiconductors. In addition, this article highlights the applications of plasmonic hot electrons in photodetectors, photocatalysts, photoelectrochemical cells, photovoltaics, biosensors, and chemical sensors. It discusses the applications and the design principles of plasmonic materials and devices.
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- Haibin Tang
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6106, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, and Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9303, USA
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Ultraviolet Photodetecting and Plasmon-to-Electric Conversion of Controlled Inkjet-Printing Thin-Film Transistors. NANOMATERIALS 2020; 10:nano10030458. [PMID: 32143384 PMCID: PMC7153598 DOI: 10.3390/nano10030458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Direct ink-jet printing of a zinc-oxide-based thin-film transistor (ZnO-based TFT) with a three-dimensional (3-D) channel structure was demonstrated for ultraviolet light (UV) and visible light photodetection. Here, we demonstrated the channel structures by which temperature-induced Marangoni flow can be used to narrow the channel width from 318.9 ± 44.1 μm to 180.1 ± 13.9 μm via a temperature gradient. Furthermore, a simple and efficient oxygen plasma treatment was used to enhance the electrical characteristics of switching ION/IOFF ratio of approximately 105. Therefore, the stable and excellent gate bias-controlled photo-transistors were fabricated and characterized in detail for ultraviolet (UV) and visible light sensing. The photodetector exhibited a superior photoresponse with a significant increase of more than 2 orders of magnitude larger drain current generated upon UV illumination. The results could be useful for the development of UV photodetectors by the direct-patterning ink-jet printing technique. Additionally, we also have successfully demonstrated that a metal-semiconductor junction structure that enables plasmon energy detection by using the plasmonic effects is an efficient conversion of plasmon energy to an electrical signal. The device showed a significant variations negative shift of threshold voltage under different light power density with exposure of visible light. With the ZnO-based TFTs, only ultraviolet light detection extends to the visible light wavelength.
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Highly Transparent and Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Visible-Photodetector Based on Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Transistors with Heterojunction Structure. MATERIALS 2019; 12:ma12213639. [PMID: 31694214 PMCID: PMC6862527 DOI: 10.3390/ma12213639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Highly transparent zinc oxide (ZnO)-based thin-film transistors (TFTs) with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) capable of detecting visible light were fabricated through spray pyrolysis on a fluorine-doped tin oxide substrate. The spray-deposited channel layer of ZnO had a thickness of approximately 15 nm, and the thickness exhibited a linear increase with an increasing number of sprays. Furthermore, the ZnO thin-film exhibited a markedly smoother channel layer with a significantly lower surface roughness of 1.84 nm when the substrate was 20 cm from the spray nozzle compared with when it was 10 cm away. Finally, a ZnO and Au-NP heterojunction nanohybrid structure using plasmonic energy detection as an electrical signal, constitutes an ideal combination for a visible-light photodetector. The ZnO-based TFTs convert localized surface plasmon energy into an electrical signal, thereby extending the wide band-gap of materials used for photodetectors to achieve visible-light wavelength detection. The photo-transistors demonstrate an elevated on-current with an increase of the AuNP density in the concentration of 1.26, 12.6, and 126 pM and reach values of 3.75, 5.18, and 9.79 × 10−7 A with applied gate and drain voltages. Moreover, the threshold voltage (Vth) also drifts to negative values as the AuNP density increases.
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Duan Y, Zhu Y, Li K, Wang Q, Wang P, Yu H, Yan Z, Zhao X. Cu 2O-Au nanowire field-effect phototransistor for hot carrier transfer enhanced photodetection. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 30:245202. [PMID: 30865937 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab0f4d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In metal-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures, metal absorbs incident photons and generates hot carriers. The hot carriers are injected into the adjacent semiconductor and subsequently contribute to photocurrent. This process increases the conversion efficiency of optoelectronic devices and provides a new path of photodetectors. In this work, we report an enhanced photodetector by hot holes transfer, which is based on Au nanoparticles decorated p-type Cu2O nanowires. The photodetector achieves an enhanced photo-responsivity up to 0.314 A W-1, a higher detectivity of 3.7 × 1010 Jones. The response time and external quantum efficiency of the Cu2O-Au nanowires photodetector are 3.7 times faster and 18.2 times higher than that of the Cu2O nanowires, respectively. The findings indicate that Cu2O-Au nanowires would be a promising candidate in developing novel plasmonic hot carrier devices.
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- Yongsheng Duan
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, People's Republic of China
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Dzedolik IV, Skachkov S. Field-effect transistor based on surface plasmon polaritons. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2019; 36:775-781. [PMID: 31045004 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.36.000775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We investigate the working mechanism of a plasmon field-effect transistor (FET) based on the modulation of surface plasmon polariton (SPP) flow by varying an external electric field. SPP flow propagates at the surface of a metal strip waveguide embedded in a dielectric medium. The external electric field is applied to the metal electrode located under the isolated metal nanoplate placed in the middle of the strip waveguide. In this case, a signal on the control electrode changes the permittivity of the near-surface layer of the nanoplate. Thus, the control signal modulates the intensity of the SPP signal transmitted at the surface of the strip waveguide.
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Contino A, Maccarrone G, Spitaleri L, Torrisi L, Nicotra G, Gulino A. One Pot Synthesis of Au_ZnO Core‐Shell Nanoparticles Using a Zn Complex Acting as ZnO Precursor, Capping and Reducing Agent During the Formation of Au NPs. Eur J Inorg Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Annalinda Contino
- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6 95125 Catania Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6 95125 Catania Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6 95125 Catania Italy
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- STMicroelectronics Stradale Primosole 50 95121 Catania Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences University of Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6 95125 Catania Italy
- INSTM UdR of Catania Viale Andrea Doria 6 95125 Catania Italy
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Zhang Y, Nelson T, Tretiak S, Guo H, Schatz GC. Plasmonic Hot-Carrier-Mediated Tunable Photochemical Reactions. ACS NANO 2018; 12:8415-8422. [PMID: 30001116 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b03830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Hot-carrier generation from surface plasmon decay has found applications in many branches of physics, chemistry, materials science, and energy science. Recent reports demonstrated that the hot carriers generated from plasmon decay in nanoparticles can transfer to attached molecules and drive photochemistry which was thought impossible previously. In this work, we have computationally explored the atomic-scale mechanism of a plasmonic hot-carrier-mediated chemical process, H2 dissociation. Numerical simulations demonstrate that, after photoexcitation, hot carriers transfer to the antibonding state of the H2 molecule from the nanoparticle, resulting in a repulsive-potential-energy surface and H2 dissociation. This process occurs when the molecule is close to a single nanoparticle. However, if the molecule is located at the center of the gap in a plasmonic dimer, dissociation is suppressed due to sequential charge transfer, which efficiently reduces occupation in the antibonding state and, in turn, reduces dissociation. An asymmetric displacement of the molecule in the gap breaks the symmetry and restores dissociation when the additional charge transfer is significantly suppressed. Thus, these models demonstrate the possibility of structurally tunable photochemistry via plasmonic hot carriers.
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- Yu Zhang
- Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Theoretical Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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- Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Theoretical Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Theoretical Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87131 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road , Evanston , Illinois 60208 , United States
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Cho S, Ciappesoni MA, Allen MS, Allen JW, Leedy KD, Wenner BR, Kim SJ. Efficient broadband energy detection from the visible to near-infrared using a plasmon FET. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:285201. [PMID: 29638219 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aabd6b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Plasmon based field effect transistors (FETs) can be used to convert energy induced by incident optical radiation to electrical energy. Plasmonic FETs can efficiently detect incident light and amplify it by coupling to resonant plasmonic modes thus improving selectivity and signal to noise ratio. The spectral responses can be tailored both through optimization of nanostructure geometry as well as constitutive materials. In this paper, we studied various plasmonic nanostructures using gold for a wideband spectral response from visible to near-infrared. We show, using empirical data and simulation results, that detection loss exponentially increases as the volume of metal nanostructure increases and also a limited spectral response is possible using gold nanostructures in a plasmon to electric conversion device. Finally, we demonstrate a plasmon FET that offers a broadband spectral response from visible to telecommunication wavelengths.
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- Seongman Cho
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, United States of America
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Wang K, Ling H, Bao Y, Yang M, Yang Y, Hussain M, Wang H, Zhang L, Xie L, Yi M, Huang W, Xie X, Zhu J. A Centimeter-Scale Inorganic Nanoparticle Superlattice Monolayer with Non-Close-Packing and its High Performance in Memory Devices. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2018; 30:e1800595. [PMID: 29782682 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201800595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Due to the near-field coupling effect, non-close-packed nanoparticle (NP) assemblies with tunable interparticle distance (d) attract great attention and show huge potential applications in various functional devices, e.g., organic nano-floating-gate memory (NFGM) devices. Unfortunately, the fabrication of device-scale non-close-packed 2D NPs material still remains a challenge, limiting its practical applications. Here, a facile yet robust "rapid liquid-liquid interface assembly" strategy is reported to generate a non-close-packed AuNP superlattice monolayer (SM) on a centimeter scale for high-performance pentacene-based NFGM. The d and hence the surface plasmon resonance spectra of SM can be tailored by adjusting the molecular weight of tethered polymers. Precise control over the d value allows the successful fabrication of photosensitive NFGM devices with highly tunable performances from short-term memory to nonvolatile data storage. The best performing nonvolatile memory device shows remarkable 8-level (3-bit) storage and a memory ratio over 105 even after 10 years compared with traditional devices with a AuNP amorphous monolayer. This work provides a new opportunity to obtain large area 2D NPs materials with non-close-packed structure, which is significantly meaningful to microelectronic, photovoltaics devices, and biochemical sensors.
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- Ke Wang
- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage of Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Lab for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Lab for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage of Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage of Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage of Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage of Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage of Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Lab for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Lab for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Lab for Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
- Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE), Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), Xi'an, 710072, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage of Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion & Storage of Ministry of Education (HUST), School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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Han X, Shokri Kojori H, Leblanc RM, Kim SJ. Ultrasensitive Plasmonic Biosensors for Real-Time Parallel Detection of Alpha-L-Fucosidase and Cardiac-Troponin-I in Whole Human Blood. Anal Chem 2018; 90:7795-7799. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Xu Han
- Huston Labs, 1951 NW Seventh Avenue, Suite 600, Miami, Florida 33136, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, United States
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Luo X, Du L, Liang Y, Zhao F, Lv W, Xu K, Wang Y, Peng Y. Achieving Weak Light Response with Plasmonic Nanogold-Decorated Organic Phototransistors. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:15352-15356. [PMID: 29687720 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Weak light response of organic photodetectors has fascinating potentials in fields of modern science and technology. However, their photoresponsivity is hindered by poor photocarrier excitation and transport. Decorating active-layer surface with plasmonic nanometals is considered a viable strategy to address this issue. Here, we demonstrate a plasmonic nanogold decorated organic phototransistor achieving remarkable enhancement of photoresponsivity. Meanwhile, the photoresponsive range is broadened by 4 orders of magnitude. The proposed design is substantiated by a schematic energy level model combined with theoretical simulation analysis, enabling the development of the advanced optoelectronics.
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- Xiao Luo
- Institute of Microelectronics, School of Physical Science and Technology , Lanzhou University , 222 South Tianshui Road , Lanzhou 730000 , China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM) , Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 457 Zhongshan Road , Dalian 116023 , China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, School of Physical Science and Technology , Lanzhou University , 222 South Tianshui Road , Lanzhou 730000 , China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, School of Physical Science and Technology , Lanzhou University , 222 South Tianshui Road , Lanzhou 730000 , China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, School of Physical Science and Technology , Lanzhou University , 222 South Tianshui Road , Lanzhou 730000 , China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, School of Physical Science and Technology , Lanzhou University , 222 South Tianshui Road , Lanzhou 730000 , China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, School of Physical Science and Technology , Lanzhou University , 222 South Tianshui Road , Lanzhou 730000 , China
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Mirzaee SMA, Lebel O, Nunzi JM. Simple Unbiased Hot-Electron Polarization-Sensitive Near-Infrared Photodetector. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:11862-11871. [PMID: 29508603 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b17836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Plasmonic nanostructures can generate energetic "hot" electrons from light in a broad band fashion depending on their shape, size, and arrangement. Such structures have a promising use in photodetectors, allowing high speed, broad band, and multicolor photodetection. Because they function without a band gap absorption, photon detection at any energy would be possible through engineering of the plasmonic nanostructure. Herein, a compact hot-electron-based photodetector that combines polarization sensitivity and circularly polarized light detection in the near-infrared region was fabricated using an indium tin oxide (ITO)-Au hybrid layer. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the device was significantly increased by adding a poled Azo molecular glass film in a capacitor configuration. The resulting device is capable of detecting light below the ITO band gap at ambient temperature without any bias voltage. This photodetector, which is amenable to large-area fabrication, can be integrated with other nanophotonic and nanoplasmonic structures for operation at telecom wavelengths.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Royal Military College , Kingston , Ontario K7K 7B4 , Canada
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Li Y, DiStefano JG, Murthy AA, Cain JD, Hanson ED, Li Q, Castro FC, Chen X, Dravid VP. Superior Plasmonic Photodetectors Based on Au@MoS 2 Core-Shell Heterostructures. ACS NANO 2017; 11:10321-10329. [PMID: 28933819 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b05071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Integrating plasmonic materials into semiconductor media provides a promising approach for applications such as photosensing and solar energy conversion. The resulting structures introduce enhanced light-matter interactions, additional charge trap states, and efficient charge-transfer pathways for light-harvesting devices, especially when an intimate interface is built between the plasmonic nanostructure and semiconductor. Herein, we report the development of plasmonic photodetectors using Au@MoS2 heterostructures-an Au nanoparticle core that is encapsulated by a CVD-grown multilayer MoS2 shell, which perfectly realizes the intimate and direct interfacing of Au and MoS2. We explored their favorable applications in different types of photosensing devices. The first involves the development of a large-area interdigitated field-effect phototransistor, which shows a photoresponsivity ∼10 times higher than that of planar MoS2 transistors. The other type of device geometry is a Si-supported Au@MoS2 heterojunction gateless photodiode. We demonstrated its superior photoresponse and recovery ability, with a photoresponsivity as high as 22.3 A/W, which is beyond the most distinguished values of previously reported similar gateless photodetectors. The improvement of photosensing performance can be a combined result of multiple factors, including enhanced light absorption, creation of more trap states, and, possibly, the formation of interfacial charge-transfer transition, benefiting from the intimate connection of Au and MoS2.
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- Yuan Li
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, §International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), and ∥Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, §International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), and ∥Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, §International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), and ∥Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, §International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), and ∥Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, §International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), and ∥Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, §International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), and ∥Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, §International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), and ∥Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, §International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), and ∥Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, ‡Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, §International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), and ∥Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Muslimov AE, Butashin AV, Nabatov BV, Konovko AA, Belov IV, Gizetdinov RM, Andreev AV, Kanevsky VM. Photonics of 2D gold nanolayers on sapphire surface. CRYSTALLOGR REP+ 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s1063774517020195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Choi DS, Hansen M, Van Keuren E, Hahm JI. Highly photoresponsive, ZnO nanorod-based photodetector for operation in the visible spectral range. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2017; 28:145203. [PMID: 28281467 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aa6237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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While significant advances have been made for gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-coupled zinc oxide (ZnO) as visibly blind, ultraviolet photodetection devices, very few ZnO nanomaterial systems have been developed specifically for use in the visible wavelength regime. Further efforts to develop ZnO-based visible photodetectors (PDs) are still highly warranted in order to better understand the precise effect of AuNP load, operation wavelength, and beam position on the device output. In this study, we demonstrate significantly enhanced, photoresponse behaviors of AuNP-coupled ZnO nanorod (NR) network devices in the visible wavelength range with their photoresponse capacity comparable to, if not far exceeding, most commercial PDs as well as recently reported, visible, AuNP-coupled ZnO detectors. In addition, the nature and degree of the photoresponsivity enhancement are systematically elucidated by investigating their light-triggered electrical signals under varying incident wavelengths, AuNP amounts, and illumination positions. We discuss a possible photoconduction mechanism of our AuNP-coupled ZnO NR PDs and the origins of the high photoresponsivity. Specifically related to the AuNP amount-dependent photoresponse behaviors, the nanoparticle density yielding photoresponse maxima is explained as the interplay between localized surface plasmon resonance, plasmonic heating, and scattering in our photothermoelectric effect-driven device. We show that the AuNP-coupled ZnO NR PDs can be constructed via a straightforward method without the need for ultrahigh vacuum, sputtering procedures, or photo/electron-beam lithographic tools. Hence, the approach demonstrated in this study may serve as a convenient and viable means to advance the current state of ZnO-based PDs for operation in the visible spectral range with greatly increased photoresponsivity.
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- Daniel S Choi
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th & O Sts. NW., Washington, DC 20057, United States of America
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Kojori HS, Ji Y, Paik Y, Braunschweig AB, Kim SJ. Monitoring interfacial lectin binding with nanomolar sensitivity using a plasmon field effect transistor. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:17357-17364. [PMID: 27714196 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr05544c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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By immobilizing glycopolymers onto the surface of the recently developed plasmonic field effect transistor (FET), the recognition between lectins and surface-immobilized glycopolymers can be detected over a wide dynamic range (10-10 to 10-4 M) in an environment that resembles the glycocalyx. The binding to the sensor surface by various lectins was tested, and the selectivities and relative binding affinity trends observed in solution were maintained on the sensor surface, and the significantly higher avidities are attributed to cluster-glycoside effects that occur on the surface. The combination of polymer surface chemistry and optoelectronic output in this device architecture produces amongst the highest reported detection sensitivity for ConA. This work demonstrates the benefits that arise from combining emerging device architectures and soft-matter systems to create cutting edge nanotechnologies that lend themselves to fundamental biological studies and integration into point-of-use diagnostics and sensors.
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- Hossein Shokri Kojori
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33124, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33124, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33124, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33124, USA and Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), City University of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA. and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City University of New York-Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33124, USA. and Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute at the University of Miami (BioNIUM), Miami, Florida 33124, USA
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Zhang Y, Yam C, Schatz GC. Fundamental Limitations to Plasmonic Hot-Carrier Solar Cells. J Phys Chem Lett 2016; 7:1852-1858. [PMID: 27136049 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Detailed balance between photon-absorption and energy loss constrains the efficiency of conventional solar cells to the Shockley-Queisser limit. However, if solar illumination can be absorbed over a wide spectrum by plasmonic structures, and the generated hot-carriers can be collected before relaxation, the efficiency of solar cells may be greatly improved. In this work, we explore the opportunities and limitations for making plasmonic solar cells, here considering a design for hot-carrier solar cells in which a conventional semiconductor heterojunction is attached to a plasmonic medium such as arrays of gold nanoparticles. The underlying mechanisms and fundamental limitations of this cell are studied using a nonequilibrium Green's function method, and the numerical results indicate that this cell can significantly improve the absorption of solar radiation without reducing open-circuit voltage, as photons can be absorbed to produce mobile carriers in the semiconductor as long as they have energy larger than the Schottky barrier rather than above the bandgap. However, a significant fraction of the hot-carriers have energies below the Schottky barrier, which makes the cell suffer low internal quantum efficiency. Moreover, quantum efficiency is also limited by hot-carrier relaxation and metal-semiconductor coupling. The connection of these results to recent experiments is described, showing why plasmonic solar cells can have less than 1% efficiency.
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- Yu Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center , Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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