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Liu Y, Zhang Q, Zhang X, Gao N, Li H. Superior p‐Type Surface Doping of Cubic Boron Nitride via MoO
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Adsorption. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.202100460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Yaning Liu
- State Key Lab of Superhard Materials College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Superhard Materials College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Superhard Materials College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Superhard Materials College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute Jilin University Shenzhen 518057 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Superhard Materials College of Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 P. R. China
- Shenzhen Research Institute Jilin University Shenzhen 518057 P. R. China
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Meng Y, Qin N, Hun X. ZnSe nanodisks:Ti 3C 2 MXenes-modified electrode for nucleic acid liquid biopsy with photoelectrochemical strategy. Mikrochim Acta 2021; 189:2. [PMID: 34855037 DOI: 10.1007/s00604-021-05117-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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ZnSe nanodisks:Ti3C2 MXene complex was prepared for the first time. Based on its remarkable photoelectrochemical performance, combined with the enzyme-free toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction, a photoelectrochemical biosensor for the detection of the non-small-cell cancer biomarker ctDNA KRAS G12D was developed. ZnSe nanodisks were in situ grown on Ti3C2 MXene surface by two-step hydrothermal method. The high conductivity and adjustable band gap of MXene significantly enhanced the photoelectric response of ZnSe. Subsequently, the photoelectrochemical biosensor was prepared by combining with the signal amplification function of p-aminophenol and the enzyme-free toehold-mediated strand displacement reaction on the modified ITO electrode surface. Under the optimized conditions, the linear detection range is 0.5 ~ 100.0 fM, and the detection limit is 0.2 fM, which realizes the sensitive detection of KRAS G12D. The photoelectrochemical biosensor constructed opens up a new pathway for the preparation of new Mxene-based composite materials and the research of photoelectrochemical biosensor. Nucleic acid liquid biopsy with ZnSe nanodisks:Ti3C2 MXene photoelectroactive modified electrode.
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- Yuchan Meng
- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Optic-electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, People's Republic of China.
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Qiu Z, Tang D. Nanostructure-based photoelectrochemical sensing platforms for biomedical applications. J Mater Chem B 2021; 8:2541-2561. [PMID: 32162629 DOI: 10.1039/c9tb02844g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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As a newly developed and powerful analytical method, the use of photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensors opens up new opportunities to provide wide applications in the early diagnosis of diseases, environmental monitoring and food safety detection. The properties of diverse photoactive materials are one of the essential factors, which can greatly impact the PEC performance. The continuous development of nanotechnology has injected new vitality into the field of PEC biosensors. In many studies, much effort on PEC sensing with semiconductor materials is highlighted. Thus, we propose a systematic introduction to the recent progress in nanostructure-based PEC biosensors to exploit more promising materials and advanced PEC technologies. This review briefly evaluates the several advanced photoactive nanomaterials in the PEC field with an emphasis on the charge separation and transfer mechanism over the past few years. In addition, we introduce the application and research progress of PEC sensors from the perspective of basic principles, and give a brief overview of the main advances in the versatile sensing pattern of nanostructure-based PEC platforms. This last section covers the aspects of future prospects and challenges in the nanostructure-based PEC analysis field.
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- Zhenli Qiu
- Ocean College, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, China and Key Laboratory of Analytical Science for Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Science for Food Safety and Biology (MOE & Fujian Province), State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China.
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Natarajan V, Naveen Kumar P, Ahmad M, Sharma JP, Chaudhary AK, Sharma PK. Effect of electron-phonon interaction and valence band edge shift for carrier-type reversal in layered ZnS/rGO nanocomposites. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 586:39-46. [PMID: 33189326 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.10.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The artificial stacking of nanohybrid films helps to enhance their properties and thus intrigues researchers to explore this possibility in emerging technologies. The layer-by-layer approach was used to fabricate samples of zinc sulfide/reduced graphene oxide (ZnS/rGO) by using spin coating technique. The structure and optoelectronic properties has been extensively studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Hall measurements. Raman spectrum elucidates the phonon contribution of ZnS and breathing mode of κ-point phonons and sp2 bonds of carbon atoms of rGO. The electron-phonon interactions reveal reduction in electron mobility and enhancement in holes contribution with rGO content leading to surface charge transfer doping (SCTD). XPS results explain the valence band edge and conduction band edge to form type-I band alignment to reconfirm carrier-type reversal. A change in the dispersion of refractive indices along with a small rise in the value of absorption coefficient in terahertz (THz) region for ZnS/rGO nanocomposite films has been observed. These results will open up new opportunities to furthering the science of this technologically important class of materials for future electronics.
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- Vanasundaram Natarajan
- Semiconductors Laboratory, Department of Physics, DAV University, Jalandhar 144012, India
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- Advanced Centre of Research in High Energy Materials, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Physics, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India
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- Department of Physics, Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur 177001, India
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- Advanced Centre of Research in High Energy Materials, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Semiconductors Laboratory, Department of Physics, DAV University, Jalandhar 144012, India.
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Meng Y, Lai Z, Li F, Wang W, Yip S, Quan Q, Bu X, Wang F, Bao Y, Hosomi T, Takahashi T, Nagashima K, Yanagida T, Lu J, Ho JC. Perovskite Core-Shell Nanowire Transistors: Interfacial Transfer Doping and Surface Passivation. ACS NANO 2020; 14:12749-12760. [PMID: 32910641 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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While halide perovskite electronics are rapidly developing, they are greatly limited by the inferior charge transport and poor stability. In this work, effective surface charge transfer doping of vapor-liquid-solid (VLS)-grown single-crystalline cesium lead bromide perovskite (CsPbBr3) nanowires (NWs) via molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) surface functionalization is achieved. Once fabricated into NW devices, due to the efficient interfacial charge transfer and reduced impurity scattering, a 15× increase in the field-effect hole mobility (μh) from 1.5 to 23.3 cm2/(V s) is accomplished after depositing the 10 nm thick MoO3 shell. This enhanced mobility is already better than any mobility value reported for perovskite field-effect transistors (FETs) to date. The photodetection performance of these CsPbBr3/MoO3 core-shell NWs is also investigated to yield a superior responsivity (R) up to 2.36 × 103 A/W and an external quantum efficiency (EQE) of over 5.48 × 105% toward the 532 nm regime. Importantly, the MoO3 shell can provide excellent surface passivation to the CsPbBr3 NW core that minimizes the diffusion of detrimental water and oxygen molecules, improving the air stability of CsPbBr3/MoO3 core-shell NW devices. All these findings evidently demonstrate the surface doping as an enabling technology to realize high-mobility and air-stable low-dimensional halide perovskite devices.
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- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong SAR
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, P. R. China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong SAR
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- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, P. R. China
- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan
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Xia F, Yang F, Hu X, Zhang C, Zheng C. Modulating the Electronic, Optical, and Transport Properties of CdTe and ZnTe Nanostructures with Organic Molecules: A Theoretical Investigation. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:21922-21928. [PMID: 32905345 PMCID: PMC7469641 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c03160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this paper, we systematically investigated the electronic, optical, and transport properties of CdTe and ZnTe nanostructures before and after adsorption with benzyl viologen (BV) and tetrafluoro-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4-TCNQ) organic molecules based on the first principles calculation. First, the band gaps of CdTe and ZnTe nanostructures obviously decrease after BV and F4-TCNQ adsorptions. Interestingly, the electronic property calculation shows that BV and F4-TCNQ can donate/accept electrons to/from the surface of CdTe and ZnTe nanostructures, leading to an effective n-/p-type doping, respectively. Second, the optical absorption in a broad spectral range (from visible to near-infrared) of CdTe and ZnTe is significantly improved by adsorption of BV and F4-TCNQ molecules, offering great opportunities for the use of CdTe and ZnTe nanostructures in renewable energy fields. Lastly, the electrical transfer characteristics on CdTe and ZnTe nanostructure-based field-effect transistors clearly showed that the conduction of the nanostructures can be rationally tuned into n- and p-type conductivity with BV and F4-TCNQ adsorptions, respectively. Our work clearly demonstrates that the electronic, optical, and transport properties of CdTe and ZnTe nanostructures are effectively modulated by adsorption of BV and F4-TCNQ, which can be used to construct high-performance electronic and optoelectronic devices.
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Gao Z, Zhou Z, Tománek D. Degenerately Doped Transition Metal Dichalcogenides as Ohmic Homojunction Contacts to Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors. ACS NANO 2019; 13:5103-5111. [PMID: 31038922 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b08190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In search of an improved strategy to form low-resistance contacts to MoS2 and related semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides, we use ab initio density functional electronic structure calculations in order to determine the equilibrium geometry and electronic structure of MoO3/MoS2 and MoO2/MoS2 bilayers. Our results indicate that, besides a rigid band shift associated with charge transfer, the presence of molybdenum oxide modifies the electronic structure of MoS2 very little. We find that the charge transfer in the bilayer provides a sufficient degree of hole doping to MoS2, resulting in a highly transparent contact region.
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- Zhibin Gao
- Physics and Astronomy Department , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
- Center for Phononics and Thermal Energy Science, School of Physics Science and Engineering , Tongji University , 200092 Shanghai , People's Republic of China
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- Physics and Astronomy Department , Wayne State University , Detroit , Michigan 48201 , United States
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- Physics and Astronomy Department , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
- Mandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics and School of Physics , University of the Witwatersrand , 2050 Johannesburg , South Africa
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Xia FF, Yang FL, Hu J, Zheng CZ, Yi HB, Sun JH. Enhanced visible light absorption performance of SnS 2 and SnSe 2 via surface charge transfer doping. RSC Adv 2018; 8:40464-40470. [PMID: 35558239 PMCID: PMC9091377 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08834a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The layered two-dimensional (2D) SnS2 and SnSe2 have received intensive attention due to their sizable band gaps and potential properties. However, it has been shown that the visible light absorption of SnS2 and SnSe2 are restricted as photocatalysts and light-harvesting material absorbers for water splitting and high-performance optoelectronic devices. Herein, to enhance the visible light absorption performance of SnS2 and SnSe2, we performed a systematic investigation on tuning the electronic and optical properties of monolayers SnS2 and SnSe2 via surface charge transfer doping (SCTD) with the adsorption of molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) and potassium (K) as surface dopants based on density functional theory. Our calculations reveal that MoO3 molecules and K atoms can draw/donate electrons from/to SnS2 and SnSe2 as acceptors and donors, respectively. The adsorption of MoO3 molecules introduces a new flat impurity state in the gap of the monolayers SnS2/SnSe2, and the Fermi level moves correspondingly to the top of valence band, resulting in a p-type doping of the monolayer SnS2/SnSe2. With the adsorption of K atoms, the electrons can transfer from K atoms to the monolayer of SnS2 and SnSe2, making K an effective electron-donating dopant. Meanwhile, the bandgaps of monolayers SnS2 and SnSe2 decrease after the MoO3 and K doping, which leads to the appearance of appreciable new absorption peaks at around ∼650/480 and ∼600/680 nm, respectively, and yielding an enhanced visible light absorption of SnS2 and SnSe2. Our results unveil that SCTD is an effective way to improve the photocatalytic and light-harvesting performance of SnS2 and SnSe2, broadening their applications in splitting water and degrading environmental pollutants under sunlight irradiation.
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- F F Xia
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou 213001 Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou 213001 Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou 213001 Jiangsu P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou 213001 Jiangsu P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University Changsha 410082 Hunan P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou 213001 Jiangsu P. R. China
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Yin Z, Tordjman M, Lee Y, Vardi A, Kalish R, del Alamo JA. Enhanced transport in transistor by tuning transition-metal oxide electronic states interfaced with diamond. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaau0480. [PMID: 30276266 PMCID: PMC6162073 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau0480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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High electron affinity transition-metal oxides (TMOs) have gained a central role in two-dimensional (2D) electronics by enabling unprecedented surface charge doping efficiency in numerous exotic 2D solid-state semiconductors. Among them, diamond-based 2D electronics are entering a new era by using TMOs as surface acceptors instead of previous molecular-like unstable acceptors. Similarly, surface-doped diamond with TMOs has recently yielded record sheet hole concentrations (2 × 1014 cm-2) and launched the quest for its implementation in microelectronic devices. Regrettably, field-effect transistor operation based on this surface doping has been so far disappointing due to fundamental material obstacles such as (i) carrier scattering induced by nonhomogeneous morphology of TMO surface acceptor layer, (ii) stoichiometry changes caused by typical transistor fabrication process, and (iii) carrier transport loss due to electronic band energy misalignment. This work proposes and demonstrates a general strategy that synergistically surmounts these three barriers by developing an atomic layer deposition of a hydrogenated MoO3 layer as a novel efficient surface charge acceptor for transistors. It shows high surface uniformity, enhanced immunity to harsh fabrication conditions, and benefits from tunable electronic gap states for improving carrier transfer at interfaces. These breakthroughs permit crucial integration of TMO surface doping into transistor fabrication flows and allow outperforming electronic devices to be reached.
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- Zongyou Yin
- Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Solid State Institute and Physics Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Solid State Institute and Physics Department, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Oener SZ, Cavalli A, Sun H, Haverkort JEM, Bakkers EPAM, Garnett EC. Charge carrier-selective contacts for nanowire solar cells. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3248. [PMID: 30108222 PMCID: PMC6092389 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05453-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Charge carrier-selective contacts transform a light-absorbing semiconductor into a photovoltaic device. Current record efficiency solar cells nearly all use advanced heterojunction contacts that simultaneously provide carrier selectivity and contact passivation. One remaining challenge with heterojunction contacts is the tradeoff between better carrier selectivity/contact passivation (thicker layers) and better carrier extraction (thinner layers). Here we demonstrate that the nanowire geometry can remove this tradeoff by utilizing a permanent local gate (molybdenum oxide surface layer) to control the carrier selectivity of an adjacent ohmic metal contact. We show an open-circuit voltage increase for single indium phosphide nanowire solar cells by up to 335 mV, ultimately reaching 835 mV, and a reduction in open-circuit voltage spread from 303 to 105 mV after application of the surface gate. Importantly, reference experiments show that the carriers are not extracted via the molybdenum oxide but the ohmic metal contacts at the wire ends. Balancing the carrier selectivity and extraction by the selective contacts is of vital importance to the performance of the nanowire solar cells. Here Oener et al. employ a permanent local gate to overcome this tradeoff and substantially increase the open-circuit voltage by 335 mV.
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- Sebastian Z Oener
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403, USA. .,Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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- Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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- Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, Netherlands.,Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2629HZ, Netherlands
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- Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Liu X, Ren JC, Zhang S, Fuentes-Cabrera M, Li S, Liu W. Ultrahigh Conductivity in Two-Dimensional InSe via Remote Doping at Room Temperature. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:3897-3903. [PMID: 29952203 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Conductivity of two-dimenstional (2D) materials, which largely determines the efficiency and reliability of nanodevices, is proportional to the product of carrier concentration and mobility. Conventional doping, such as ionic substitution or introduction of vacancies, increases carrier concentration and decreases carrier mobility due to the scattering or trapping of carriers. We propose a remote-doping strategy that enables the simultaneous enhancement of both parameters. Density functional theory calculations in 2D InSe reveal that adsorbing the molecule tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) and applying a 4% external tensile strain leads to an increase in the carrier concentration of the TTF-InSe system that is 13 orders of magnitude higher than that of the pristine counterpart, whereas the carrier mobility is enhanced by 35% compared with the InSe monolayer. As a consequence of the synergetic role of molecule doping and strain engineering, ultrahigh conductivity of 1.85 × 105 S/m is achieved in the TTF-InSe system at room temperature.
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- Xinyi Liu
- Nano and Heterogeneous Materials Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094 , China
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- Nano and Heterogeneous Materials Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094 , China
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, and Computational Sciences and Engineering Division , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge , Tennessee 37831 , United States
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- Nano and Heterogeneous Materials Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094 , China
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- Nano and Heterogeneous Materials Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering , Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094 , China
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Zhang L, Liang W. Atomically Thin p-n/p-n Nanodevices by Surface Charge Transfer Doping of Arsenene/Antimonene Heterostructures. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:23851-23857. [PMID: 29939005 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b06563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Surface charge transfer doping (SCTD) is a promising technique to construct high-performance nanodevices because of its high reproducibility and high spatial selectivity and because it does little harm to the host semiconductor. Here, we performed a first-principles theoretical investigation to assess the effects of SCTD on the properties of two-dimensional (2D) arsenene, antimonene, and arsenene/antimonene van der Waals heterostructure as well. It was found that doping O or S on the surfaces of arsenene and antimonene could achieve efficient p-type doping, while doping Cs2CO3 on them could achieve n-type doping. Furthermore, when O and Cs2CO3 were co-doped on the two sides of the arsenene/antimonene heterostructure, a typical type-ii energy band alignment can be formed in O-arsenene/Cs2CO3-antimonene heterostructure, which effectively extends the range of the light absorption into the near-infrared region and facilitates the spatial separation of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. O- or S-doped arsenene and antimonene have tunable band gaps varying from 1.20 to 0.54 eV because of the doping-induced change of the conduction band minima (CBM), and Cs2CO3-doped arsenene and antimonene have band gaps of 2.02 and 1.36 eV, respectively, because of the changes of both valence band maxima and CBMs. This work offers a way to design p-n junctions with a tunable character, and the 2D p-n/p-n O-arsenene/Cs2CO3-antimonene heterostructure might be applied to electronic and optoelectronic nanodevices.
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- Lei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , Fujian Province , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Xiamen University , Xiamen 361005 , Fujian Province , People's Republic of China
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Tan J, Yang W, Oh Y, Lee H, Park J, Moon J. Controlled Electrodeposition of Photoelectrochemically Active Amorphous MoS x Cocatalyst on Sb 2Se 3 Photocathode. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:10898-10908. [PMID: 29546757 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b00305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Amorphous molybdenum sulfide (a-MoS x) is a promising hydrogen evolution catalyst owing to its low cost and high activity. A simple electrodeposition method (cyclic voltammetry) allows uniform formation of a-MoS x films on conductive surfaces. However, the morphology of a-MoS x deposited on a TiO2/Sb2Se3 photocathode could be modulated by varying the starting potential. The cathodically initiated a-MoS x showed conformal filmlike morphology, whereas anodic initiation induced inhomogeneous particulate deposition. The filmlike morphology of a-MoS x was subjected to catalyst activation, which improved the photocurrent density and reduced the charge-transfer resistance at the semiconductor/electrolyte interface, as compared to that of its particulate counterpart. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed that different chemical states of a-MoS x (photoelectrochemically active sites) were developed on the basis of the electrodeposited a-MoS x morphology. The research provides an effective approach for uniformly depositing cost-effective a-MoS x on nanostructured photoelectrodes, for photoelectrochemical water splitting.
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- Jeiwan Tan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
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Yang F, Xia FF, Hu J, Zheng CZ, Sun JH, Yi HB. The improvement of photocatalytic activity of monolayer g-C3N4via surface charge transfer doping. RSC Adv 2018; 8:1899-1904. [PMID: 35542609 PMCID: PMC9077471 DOI: 10.1039/c7ra12444a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Graphite-like carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has attracted much attention due to its peculiar photocatalytic performance as a visible-light-responsive photocatalyst. However, its insufficient sunlight absorption is not conducive to the photocatalytic activity of the g-C3N4. Herein, by using first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we demonstrated a simple yet efficient way to achieve improvement of photocatalytic activity of monolayer g-C3N4via surface charge transfer doping (SCTD) using the electron-drawing tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) and electron-donating tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) as surface dopants. Our calculations revealed that the electronic properties of monolayer g-C3N4 can be affected by surface modification with TCNQ and TTF. These dopants are capable of drawing/donating electrons from/to monolayer g-C3N4, leading to the accumulation of holes/electrons injected into the monolayer g-C3N4. Correspondingly, the Fermi levels of monolayer g-C3N4 were shifted towards the valence/conduction band regions after surface modifications with TCNQ and TTF, along with the increase/decrease of work functions. Moreover, the optical property calculations demonstrated that the TCNQ and TTF modifications could significantly broaden the optical absorption of monolayer g-C3N4 in the visible-light regions, yielding an improvement in the photocatalytic activity of monolayer g-C3N4. Our results unveil that SCTD is an effective way to tune the electronic and optical properties of monolayer g-C3N4, thus improving its photocatalytic activity and broadening its applications in splitting water and degrading environmental pollutants under sunlight irradiation. The improvement of optical adsorption for monolayer g-C3N4via surface charge transfer doping.![]()
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Affiliation(s)
- F. L. Yang
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Jiangsu University of Technology
- Changzhou 213001
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Hunan University
- Changsha 410082
- P. R. China
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Nanoheterostructured photocatalysts for improving photocatalytic hydrogen production. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(17)62866-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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