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Zhang X, Wang L, Wang X, Chen Y, Shao Q, Wu G, Wang X, Lin T, Shen H, Wang J, Meng X, Chu J. High-performance β-Ga 2O 3 thickness dependent solar blind photodetector. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:4169-4177. [PMID: 32122074 DOI: 10.1364/oe.385470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Gallium oxide (Ga2O3) has been studied as one of the most promising wide bandgap semiconductors during the past decade. Here, we prepared high quality β-Ga2O3 films by pulsed laser deposition. β-Ga2O3 films of different thicknesses were achieved and their crystal properties were comprehensively studied. As thickness increases, grain size and surface roughness are both increased. Based on these β-Ga2O3 films, a series of ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors with interdigital electrodes structure were prepared. These devices embrace an ultralow dark current of 100 fA, and high photocurrent on/off ratio of 10E8 under UV light illumination. The photoresponse time is 4 ms which is faster than most of previous works. This work paves the way for the potential application of Ga2O3 in the field of UV detection.
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Azhar EA, Vanjaria J, Ahn S, Fou T, Dey SK, Salagaj T, Sbrockey N, Tompa GS, Yu H. Vapor-Transport Synthesis and Annealing Study of Zn x Mg 1-x O Nanowire Arrays for Selective, Solar-Blind UV-C Detection. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:4899-4907. [PMID: 31458706 PMCID: PMC6641753 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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This work uniquely reports the synthesis of Zn x Mg1-x O nanowires and submicron columns by utilizing a traditional carbothermal reduction process toward forming ZnO nanowire ultraviolet detectors, while simultaneously utilizing Mg3N2 as the source of Mg. To investigate the relationship between Mg content in the ZnO lattice and the cutoff wavelength for high spectral responsivity, the nanowires were annealed in a series of designed conditions, whereas chemical, nanostructural, and optoelectronic characteristics were compared before and after treatment. Postanneal scanning electron micrographs revealed a reduction of the average ensemble nanowire dimensions, which was correlated to the modification of ZnO lattice parameters stemming from Zn2+ dissociation and Mg2+ substitution (confirmed via Raman spectroscopy). The analysis of cathodoluminescence spectra revealed a blueshift of the peak alloy band-edge emission along with a redshift of the ZnO band-edge emission; and both were found to be strong functions of the annealing temperature. The conversion of Zn2SiO4 to Mg2SiO4 (in O2) and MgSiO3 (in Ar) was found to correspond to transformations (shifting and scaling) of high-energy luminescence peaks and was confirmed with X-ray diffraction analysis. The tunability of the cutoff photodetection wavelength was evaluated as the nanowire arrays exhibited selective absorption by retaining elevated conduction under high-energy UV-C irradiation after thermal treatment but exhibiting suppressed conductivity and a single order of magnitude reduction in both spectral responsivity (R λ) and photoconductive gain (G) under UV-A illumination. Noise analysis revealed that the variation of detectivity (D*) depended on the regime of ultraviolet irradiation, and that these variations are related to thermal noise resulting from oxygen-related defects on both nanowire and substrate surfaces. These results suggest a minor design tradeoff between the noise characteristics of thermally treated ZnMgO nanowire array UV detectors and the tunability of their spectral sensitivity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ebraheem Ali Azhar
- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, 650 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, 501 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, 650 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, 650 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, 501 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Structured Materials Industries Inc., 201 Circle Drive North, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Structured Materials Industries Inc., 201 Circle Drive North, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Structured Materials Industries Inc., 201 Circle Drive North, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, 650 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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