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Liu M, Jiang M, Zhao Q, Tang K, Sha S, Li B, Kan C, Shi DN. Ultraviolet Exciton-Polariton Light-Emitting Diode in a ZnO Microwire Homojunction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:13258-13269. [PMID: 36866718 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c19806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Low-dimensional ZnO, possessing well-defined side facets and optical gain properties, has emerged as a promising material to develop ultraviolet coherent light sources. However, the realization of electrically driven ZnO homojunction luminescence and laser devices is still a challenge due to the absence of a reliable p-type ZnO. Herein, the sample of p-type ZnO microwires doped by Sb (ZnO:Sb MWs) was synthesized individually. Subsequently, the p-type conductivity was examined using a single-MW field-effect transistor. Upon optical pumping, a ZnO:Sb MW showing a regular hexagonal cross-section and smooth sidewall facets can feature as an optical microcavity, which is evidenced by the achievement of whispering-gallery-mode lasing. By combining an n-type ZnO layer, a single ZnO:Sb MW homojunction light-emitting diode (LED), which exhibited a typical ultraviolet emission at a wavelength of 379.0 nm and a line-width of approximately 23.5 nm, was constructed. We further illustrated that strong exciton-photon coupling can occur in the as-constructed p-ZnO:Sb MW/n-ZnO homojunction LED by researching spatially resolved electroluminescence spectra, contributing to the exciton-polariton effect. Particularly, varying the cross-sectional dimensions of ZnO:Sb wires can further modulate the exciton-photon coupling strengths. We anticipate that the results can provide an effective exemplification to realize reliable p-type ZnO and tremendously promote the development of low-dimensional ZnO homojunction optoelectronic devices.
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- Maosheng Liu
- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China
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Xu H, Xu J, Jiang M, Liu M, Tang K, Kan C, Shi D. Exciton-polariton light-emitting diode based on a single ZnO superlattice microwire heterojunction with performance enhanced by Rh nanostructures. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:5836-5848. [PMID: 36745472 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05446a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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One-dimensional (1D) wirelike superlattice micro/nanostructures have received considerable attention for potential applications due to their versatility and capability for modulating optical and electrical characteristics. In this study, 1D superlattice microwires (MWs), which are made of undoped ZnO and Ga-doped ZnO with periodic and alternating crystalline layers (ZnO/ZnO:Ga), were synthesized individually. Under optical excitation, a series of resonance peaks in the photoluminescence spectrum can be ascribed to polariton emission, which originates from the coupling interaction of the 1D photonic crystal and confined excitons along the wire direction. Using a p-type GaN layer as the hole transport layer, a kind of waveguide light source based on an individual ZnO/ZnO:Ga superlattice MW was proposed and constructed. By analysing the spatially resolved electroluminescence spectra, the observed multipeak was ascribed to exciton-polariton emission with a vacuum Rabi splitting of about 275 meV. Cladding with Rh nanostructures gives rise to appropriate ultraviolet plasmons, and the Rabi splitting energy of our device was enhanced up to 413 meV. The exciton-polariton properties were further examined using angle-resolved electroluminescence measurements. Therefore, individual superlattice MWs can act as optical microresonators to achieve photon-exciton coupling with a large Rabi splitting energy. The experimental results indicate that an individual ZnO/ZnO:Ga superlattice MW can be generally used in developing exciton-polariton luminescence/lasing light sources, particularly for constructing low-threshold/thresholdless lasers toward pragmatic applications.
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- Haiying Xu
- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China. .,College of Mathematics and Physics, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 211167, China
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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Tang K, Jiang M, Yang B, Xu T, Liu Z, Wan P, Kan C, Shi D. Enhancing UV photodetection performance of an individual ZnO microwire p-n homojunction via interfacial engineering. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:2292-2304. [PMID: 36636950 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr06431f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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As a typical broad bandgap semiconductor, ZnO has received considerable attention for developing optoelectronic devices in ultraviolet wavelengths, but suffers from a lack of high-quality single-crystalline p-type ZnO. Herein, we report the realization of a homojunction ultraviolet photodetector, which involves a p-type Sb-doped ZnO microwire (ZnO:Sb MW) and n-type ZnO layer. The p-type conductivity of the as-synthesized ZnO:Sb MWs was evidenced using an individual wire field-effect transistor. Due to its good rectifying ability and excellent photovoltaic effect, the constructed p-ZnO:Sb MW/n-ZnO homojunction is able to work as an ultraviolet photodetector in self-biased and reversely biased manners. By appropriately engineering the band alignment of the p-ZnO:Sb/n-ZnO homojunction via a MgO interface modification layer, the optimized photodetector exhibits performance-enhanced ultraviolet detection capabilities, such as the light on/off ratio reaching up to 1.6 × 108, responsivity of over 267 mA W-1 and specific detectivity of approximately 1.2 × 1014 Jones upon 365 nm light illumination at 0 V. The detector also produces faster response with rise/recovery times of 102 μs/3.6 ms. This study not only employed a novel method to synthesize genuine p-type ZnO with excellent stability and reproducibility, but also opened up substantial opportunities for developing high-performance ZnO homojunction optoelectronic devices.
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- Kai Tang
- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- Innovation Center for Gallium Oxide Semiconductor (IC-GAO), College of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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- College of Physics, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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Siebert JP, Hajra D, Tongay S, Birkel CS. The synthesis and electrical transport properties of carbon/Cr 2GaC MAX phase composite microwires. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:744-751. [PMID: 34940774 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr06780j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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While MAX phases offer an exotic combination of ceramic and metallic properties, rendering them a unique class of materials, their applications remain virtually hypothetical. To overcome this shortcoming, a sol-gel based route is introduced that allows access to microwires in the range of tens of micrometers. Thorough structural characterization through XRD, SEM, EDS, and AFM demonstrates a successful synthesis of carbonaceous Cr2GaC wires, and advanced low temperature electronic transport measurements revealed resistivity behavior dominated by amorphous carbon. The tunability of electronic behavior of the obtained microwires is shown by a halide post-synthesis treatment, allowing purposeful engineering of the microwires' electrical conductivity. Raman studies revealed the polyanionic nature of the intercalated halides and a slow decrease in halide concentration was concluded from time-dependent conductivity measurements. Based on these findings, the process is considered a viable candidate for fabricating chemiresistive halogen gas sensors.
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- Jan P Siebert
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ-85287, USA.
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- Materials Science and Engineering, School for Engineering of Energy, Matter, and Transport, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering, School for Engineering of Energy, Matter, and Transport, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ-85287, USA.
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Technische Univesität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Shi L, Wang H, Ma X, Wang Y, Wang F, Zhao D, Shen D. The Deformation Behavior and Bending Emissions of ZnO Microwire Affected by Deformation-Induced Defects and Thermal Tunneling Effect. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:5887. [PMID: 34502777 PMCID: PMC8434524 DOI: 10.3390/s21175887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The realization of electrically pumped emitters at micro and nanoscale, especially with flexibility or special shapes is still a goal for prospective fundamental research and application. Herein, zinc oxide (ZnO) microwires were produced to investigate the luminescent properties affected by stress. To exploit the initial stress, room temperature in situ elastic bending stress was applied on the microwires by squeezing between the two approaching electrodes. A novel unrecoverable deformation phenomenon was observed by applying a large enough voltage, resulting in the formation of additional defects at bent regions. The electrical characteristics of the microwire changed with the applied bending deformation due to the introduction of defects by stress. When the injection current exceeded certain values, bright emission was observed at bent regions, ZnO microwires showed illumination at the bent region priority to straight region. The bent emission can be attributed to the effect of thermal tunneling electroluminescence appeared primarily at bent regions. The physical mechanism of the observed thermoluminescence phenomena was analyzed using theoretical simulations. The realization of electrically induced deformation and the related bending emissions in single microwires shows the possibility to fabricate special-shaped light sources and offer a method to develop photoelectronic devices.
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- Linlin Shi
- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, Changchun University of Science and Technology, No. 7186 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun 130022, China; (H.W.); (X.M.)
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- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, Changchun University of Science and Technology, No. 7186 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun 130022, China; (H.W.); (X.M.)
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- State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser, Changchun University of Science and Technology, No. 7186 Wei-Xing Road, Changchun 130022, China; (H.W.); (X.M.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3888 Dongnanhu Road, Changchun 130033, China; (Y.W.); (F.W.); (D.Z.); (D.S.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3888 Dongnanhu Road, Changchun 130033, China; (Y.W.); (F.W.); (D.Z.); (D.S.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3888 Dongnanhu Road, Changchun 130033, China; (Y.W.); (F.W.); (D.Z.); (D.S.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Applications, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 3888 Dongnanhu Road, Changchun 130033, China; (Y.W.); (F.W.); (D.Z.); (D.S.)
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Mukherjee J, Nanda BRK, Ramachandra Rao MS. Metal-insulator transition in epitaxial Ga-doped ZnO films via controlled thickness. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:105703. [PMID: 33152724 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abc800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding and tuning of metal-insulator transition (MIT) in oxide systems is an interesting and active research topics of condensed matter physics. We report thickness dependent MIT in Ga-doped ZnO (Ga:ZnO) thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition technique. From the electrical transport measurements, we find that while the thinnest film (6 nm) exhibits a resistivity of 0.05 Ω cm, lying in the insulating regime, the thickest (51 nm) has resistivity of 6.6 × 10-4 Ω cm which shows metallic type of conduction. Our analysis reveals that the Mott's variable range hopping model governs the insulating behavior in the 6 nm film whereas the 2D weak localization (WL) phenomena is appropriate to explain the electron transport in the thicker Ga:ZnO films. Magnetoresistance study further confirms the presence of strong localization in 6 nm film while WL is observed in 20 nm and above thicker films. From the density functional calculations, it is found that due to surface reconstruction and Ga doping, strong crystalline disorder sets in very thin films to introduce localized states and thereby, restricts the donor electron mobility.
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- Joynarayan Mukherjee
- Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre and Materials Science Research Centre, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Condensed Matter Theory and Computational Lab, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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- Nano Functional Materials Technology Centre and Materials Science Research Centre, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 600036, India
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Jiang M, Tang K, Wan P, Xu T, Xu H, Kan C. A single microwire near-infrared exciton-polariton light-emitting diode. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:1663-1672. [PMID: 33432956 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr07305a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Exciton-polaritons, which originate from the strong coupling between photon modes of microresonators and excitons in semiconductor micro-/nanostructures, have drawn much attention due to their significance for fabricating coherent light sources which possess considerably lower emission thresholds. In this study, an exciton-polariton light-emitting diode (LED), made from a Ga-doped ZnO microwire (ZnO:Ga MW) and a p-GaAs template serving as the hole supplier, is fabricated. The n-ZnO:Ga MW/p-GaAs heterojunction device can emit light with a near-infrared wavelength of 880 nm and a narrow line width of about 60 nm. Due to the high quality whispering gallery mode (WGM) microcavities which are naturally self-constructed by the hexagon-shaped MW, the electroluminescence (EL) spectrum resolves into a series of resonance peaks which can be assigned to exciton-polariton features, leading to the strong coupling of the exciton and the WGM photon in the as-fabricated LED. The strong exciton-photon coupling is clearly evidenced via angle-resolved EL measurements, with the Rabi splitting energy extracted as 160 meV. Furthermore, by adjusting the size of the WGM microcavity structure naturally formed by the hexagonal MWs, particularly by adjusting the diameter of the wires, the exciton-polariton coupling strength in the single MW based LEDs can be tuned, with the as-extracted Rabi splitting energy varying in the range of 92-294 meV. The realization of a single MW based LED, which shows exciton-polariton behavior from a built-in optical microresonator, can enable a promising route for the future fabrication of polariton emitters, where the device performance no longer suffers from obstacles including the need for additional optical resonators, large lattice mismatch, and template availability.
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- Mingming Jiang
- College of Science, MIIT Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Materials and Physics, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29 Jiangjun Road, Nanjing 211106, China.
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Kan C, Wu Y, Xu J, Wan P, Jiang M. Plasmon-enhanced strong exciton-polariton coupling in single microwire-based heterojunction light-emitting diodes. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:1023-1036. [PMID: 33726325 DOI: 10.1364/oe.414113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Manipulating the strong light-matter coupling interaction in optical microresonators that are naturally formed by semiconductor micro- or nanostructures is crucial for fabricating high-performance exciton-polariton devices. Such devices can function as coherent light sources having considerably lower emission threshold. In this study, an exciton-polariton light-emitting diode (LED), made of a single ZnO microwire (MW) and a p-GaN substrate, serving as the hole injector, was fabricated, and its working characteristics, in the near-ultraviolet region, were demonstrated. To further improve the quality of the single ZnO MW-based optical microresonator, Ag nanowires (AgNWs) with ultraviolet plasmonic response were deposited on the MW. Apart from the improvement of the electrical and optical properties of the hexagonal ZnO MW, the optically pumped whispering-gallery-mode lasing characteristics were significantly enhanced. Furthermore, a single ZnO MW not covered, and covered by AgNWs, was used to construct a heterojunction LED. Compared with single bare ZnO MW-based LED, significant enhancement of the device performance was achieved, including a significant enhancement in the light output and a small emission band blueshift. Specifically, the exciton-polariton emission was observably enhanced, and the corresponding Rabi splitting energy (∼ 495 meV) was significantly higher than that of the bare ZnO MW-based LED (∼ 370 meV). That ultraviolet plasmons of AgNWs enhanced the exciton-polariton coupling strength was further confirmed via angle-resolved electroluminescence measurements of the single MW-based polaritonic devices, which clearly illustrated the presence of Rabi splitting and subband anti-crossing characteristics. The experimental results provide new avenues to achieve extremely high coupling strengths, which can accelerate the advancements in electrically driven high-efficiency polaritonic coherent emitters and nonlinear devices.
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Tang K, Jiang M, Wan P, Kan C. Continuous-wave operation of an electrically pumped single microribbon based Fabry-Perot microlaser. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:983-995. [PMID: 33726323 DOI: 10.1364/oe.412475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Fabry-Perot (FP) mode microlasers have been popularized and applied widely in on-chip coherent light sources because of the unique advantages of directional output emission. In this work, a heterojunction light-emitting diode (LED) made of a Ga-doped ZnO (ZnO:Ga) microribbon and p-GaAs template is fabricated. And its electroluminescence characteristics of strong coupling of exciton-photon and polariton lasing, in the blue-violet spectrum, were demonstrated under continuous-wave operation of an electrical injection. In the device structure, a single microribbon with a rectangular-shaped cross section can achieve the FP-mode lasing action by the optical oscillation between the two lateral sides of the microcrystals in the ultraviolet spectrum. As the reverse-current is below the threshold value, the device can have radiative polaritonic lighting directly from bilateral sides of the microribbon, yielding strong coupling between excitons and FP-mode microresonator. And the exciton-polariton coupling strengths characterized by a Rabi splitting energy were extracted to be 500 meV. Further, when the input current increased more than a certain value, strong laser illuminating developed as two sharp peaks at the lower energy shoulder of the spontaneous emission peak, and these oscillating modes can dominate the waveguide EL spectra. The experimental results can provide us with further unambiguous evidence that the lasing is originated from the polariton resonances for the microribbon with strong exciton-polariton coupling. Since single microribbon based optical FP-mode microresonators do not require additional feedback mirrors, their compact size and resulting low thresholds make them a powerful candidate to construct on-chip coherent light sources for future integrated nanophotonic and optoelectronic circuitry.
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High Performance Zinc Oxide Nanorod-Doped Ion Imprinted Polypyrrole for the Selective Electrosensing of Mercury II Ions. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10197010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A biomimetic, ion-imprinted polymer (IIP) was prepared by electropolymerization of pyrrole at the surface of gold electrodes decorated with vertically grown ZnO nanorods. The vertical growth of the nanorods was achieved via an ultrathin aryl monolayer grafted by reduction of diazonium salt precursor. Pyrrole was polymerized in the presence of L-cysteine as chelating agent and Hg2+ (template). Hg2+-imprinted polypyrrole (PPy) was also prepared on a bare gold electrode in order to compare the two methods of sensor design (Au-ZnO-IIP vs. Au-IIP). Non-imprinted PPy was prepared in the same conditions but in the absence of any Hg2+ template. The strategy combining diazonium salt modification and ZnO nanorod decoration of gold electrodes permitted us to increase considerably the specific surface area and thus improve the sensor performance. The limit of detection (LOD) of the designed sensor was ~1 pM, the lowest value ever reported in the literature for gold electrode sensors. The dissociation constants between PPy and Hg2+ were estimated at [Kd1 = (7.89 ± 3.63) mM and Kd2 = (38.10 ± 9.22) pM]. The sensitivity of the designed sensor was found to be 0.692 ± 0.034 μA.pM-1. The Au-ZnO-IIP was found to be highly selective towards Hg2+ compared to cadmium, lead and copper ions. This sensor design strategy could open up new horizons in monitoring toxic heavy metal ions in water and therefore contribute to enhancing environmental quality.
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Xing C, Liu W, Wang Q, Xu C, Yan Y, Jiang Y. Current-Induced Thermal Tunneling Electroluminescence in a Single Highly Compensated Semiconductor Microrod. iScience 2020; 23:101210. [PMID: 32531749 PMCID: PMC7289767 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Here we demonstrate a novel and robust mechanism, termed as “current-induced Joule heating activated thermal tunneling excitation,” to achieve electroluminescence (EL) by the hot electron-hole-pair recombination in a single highly compensated semiconductor microrod. The radiative luminescence is electrically excited under ambient conditions. The current-induced Joule heating reduces the thermal tunneling excitation threshold of voltage down to 8 V and increases the EL efficiency ~4.4-fold at 723 K. We interpret this novel phenomenon by a thermal tunneling excitation model corrected by electric-induced Joule heating effect. The mechanism is confirmed via theoretical calculation and experimental demonstration, for the first time. The color-tunable EL emission is also achieved by regulation of donor concentration. This work opens up new opportunities for design of novel multi-color light-emitting devices by homogeneous defect-engineered semiconductors in future. Current-induced thermal tunneling EL is found in a homogeneous HC-ZnO microrod The high temperature is beneficial to the current-induced thermal tunneling EL The tunneling mechanism of Joule-heating-facilitated excitation is revealed The color-tunable EL emission is demonstrated by regulation of donor concentration
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- Cheng Xing
- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-scale Laser Manufacturing Technology (Beijing University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100124 China; Beijing Engineering Research Center of Laser Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Beijing Colleges and Universities Engineering Research Center of Advanced Laser Manufacturing, Beijing 100124, China.
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- Institute of Laser Engineering, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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Zhou X, Jiang M, Wu Y, Ma K, Liu Y, Wan P, Kan C, Shi D. Hybrid quadrupole plasmon induced spectrally pure ultraviolet emission from a single AgNPs@ZnO:Ga microwire based heterojunction diode. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2020; 2:1340-1351. [PMID: 36133060 PMCID: PMC9417069 DOI: 10.1039/c9na00777f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Ultraviolet light-emitting materials and devices with high-efficiency are required for many applications. One promising way to enhance the ultraviolet luminescence efficiency is by incorporating plasmonic nanostructures. However, a large energy mismatch between the plasmons and the light emitters greatly limits the direct realization of light enhancement. In this work, a single Ga-doped ZnO microwire prepared with large-sized Ag nanoparticle (the diameter d ∼ 200 nm) deposition (AgNPs@ZnO:Ga MW) was utilized to construct a high-performance heterojunction diode, with p-GaN serving as the hole injection layer. In addition to enhanced optical output, the emission spectra also revealed that typical near-band-edge (NBE) emission with higher wavelength stability centered around 378.0 nm was achieved, accompanied by narrowing of the spectral linewidth to around 10 nm. Thus, the interfacial and p-GaN emissions were successfully suppressed. The spectral profile of the emission spectra of the heterojunction diodes precisely matched the photoluminescence spectrum of the single ZnO:Ga MW, which indicates that the single ZnO:Ga MW can act as the active region for the radiative recombination of electrons and holes in the diode operation. In the emission mechanism, hybrid quadrupole plasmons induce the generation of hot electrons, which are then injected into the conduction band of the neighboring ZnO:Ga and are responsible for the NBE-type emission of the single MW based heterojunction diode. This novel emission enhancement and modulation principle can aid in the design and development of new types of luminescent materials and devices with high-efficiency, spectral stability and spectral purity.
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- Xiangbo Zhou
- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics No. 29 Jiangjun Road Nanjing 210016 China
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics No. 29 Jiangjun Road Nanjing 210016 China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices (MOE), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing 210016 China
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics No. 29 Jiangjun Road Nanjing 210016 China
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics No. 29 Jiangjun Road Nanjing 210016 China
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics No. 29 Jiangjun Road Nanjing 210016 China
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics No. 29 Jiangjun Road Nanjing 210016 China
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics No. 29 Jiangjun Road Nanjing 210016 China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices (MOE), Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing 210016 China
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- College of Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics No. 29 Jiangjun Road Nanjing 210016 China
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Zhang T, Zhang X, Ding B, Shen J, Hu Y, Gu H. Homo-epitaxial secondary growth of ZnO nanowire arrays for a UV-free warm white light-emitting diode application. APPLIED OPTICS 2020; 59:2498-2504. [PMID: 32225793 DOI: 10.1364/ao.385656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The warm white homojunction light-emitting diode (LED) was fabricated by a doped ZnO nanowire array homojunction with homo-epitaxial secondary grown on a GaN substrate by the chemical vapor deposition method. Due to the high quality of the nanosized ZnO homojunction, the I-V characteristic curve of the ZnO homojunction shows good pn junction rectification characteristics, and the turn-on voltage is about 6 V. Under forward bias, bright yellow light was emitting from the homojunction LED. From the electroluminescence spectrum, the main luminescence peak is divided into a small part of blue light of about 420 nm and dominated yellow-green light of about 570 nm. The CIE color space chromaticity survey shows that the chromaticity coordinates of the homojunction LED are at (0.3358, 0.3341), which indicate that fabricated white LEDs have potential applications in efficient and healthy lighting and displaying fields.
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Wan P, Jiang M, Tang K, Zhou X, Kan C. Hot electron injection induced electron–hole plasma lasing in a single microwire covered by large size Ag nanoparticles. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00640h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In addition to the plasmon-mediated resonant coupling mechanism, plasmon-induced hot electron transfer can provide an alternative approach to construct high-performance optoelectronic devices for various applications.
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- Peng Wan
- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 210016
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 210016
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 210016
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 210016
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 210016
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices
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Miao C, Jiang M, Xu H, Ji J, Kan C. Vertically-aligned ZnO microrod for high-brightness light source. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00933d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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ZnO-microrod array with well-aligned orientation prepared on p-GaN template can be utilized to construct high-performance near-ultraviolet emitters due to desired high optical quality and well-defined geometries.
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- Changzong Miao
- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
- Department of Mathematics and Physics
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices
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Liu Y, Jiang M, Tang K, Ma K, Wu Y, Ji J, Kan C. Plasmon-enhanced high-performance Si-based light sources by incorporating alloyed Au and Ag nanorods. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00823k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Benefitting from alloyed Au and Ag nanorods with desired plasmons, single ZnO:Ga microwire assembled on a p-Si template, can provide a promising candidate for the realization of high-efficiency Si-based light sources
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- Yang Liu
- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing 211106
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices
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Wu Y, Xu J, Jiang M, Zhou X, Wan P, Kan C. Tailoring the electroluminescence of a single microwire based heterojunction diode using Ag nanowires deposition. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00049c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A single Ga-doped ZnO microwire covered by Ag nanowires (AgNWs@ZnO:Ga MW) was utilized to construct a promising ultraviolet light source, with p-GaN serving as a hole injection layer.
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- Yuting Wu
- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices (MOE)
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices (MOE)
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Mao W, Jiang M, Ji J, Liu Y, Kan C. Fluorescent incandescent light sources from individual quadrilateral ZnO microwire via Ga-incorporation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:33298-33311. [PMID: 31878401 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.033298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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By means of nanophotonics principle, the thermal radiation can be tailored, thus, traditional tungsten lamp light source can glow the vitality and the vigor due to the low-efficiency approaching to commercial fluorescent or light-emitting diode bulbs. However, too far by demanding exacting terms, such as high-temperature thermal radiation (∼ 3000 K), high-vacuum encapsulation technology, restricted spectrally controllable source and so on, tungsten-based incandescent lamp filament has greatly limited the application in lighting, diagnosis and treatment, communication, imaging, etc. Herein, individual Ga-doped ZnO microwires (ZnO:Ga MWs) were successfully synthesized, which can be utilized to construct typical incandescent sources. By adjusting the Ga-incorporation, lighting colors are tuned in the visible spectral band. Especially, by incorporating Au quasiparticle nanofilms, the incandescent lighting features can further be modulated, such as the emission peaks, the modulation of lighting regions. Therefore, individual ZnO:Ga MWs based incandescent emitters can undertake a new function of the oldest, affordable and easily prepared light sources. While preliminary, individual ZnO:Ga MWs being treated as efficient incandescent light sources, can also open up intriguing scientific questions, and possible applications of linear, transparent, flexible displays and optical interconnects with electronic circuits.
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Ji J, Jiang M, Mao W, Wan P, Kan C. Facile synthesized ZnO microcrystals for random microlasers and incandescent-type light sources. CrystEngComm 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ce01343a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Well-crystallized ZnO microcrystals (MCs) with a well-faceted, smooth surface were successfully synthesized and employed to construct ultraviolet microsized random lasers.
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- Jiaolong Ji
- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices (MOE)
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Science
- Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Nanjing
- China
- Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices (MOE)
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