Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Nano-photodetector for Green Light Detection
Source abstract
Abstract
Light manipulation is vitally important for one- dimensional semiconductor nanostructure-based photodetec- tors which have great potential in future optoelectronic cir- cuits, imaging technique, and light-wave communication. In this paper, we reported a plasmonic gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-decorated nano-photodetectorforgreen light sensing. It is found that the as-fabricated device exhibits obvious in- crease in light absorption in the range from 400 to 550 nm, after functionalization of plasmonic AuNPs. Further device performance analysis reveals that the photocurrent of the plas- monic photodetector was increased by more than sevenfold, compared with that without coating. What is more, both responsivity and detectivity are found to increase as well. According to theoretical simulation based on the finite ele- ment method (FEM), the observed enhancement in device performance can be attributed to the surface plasmon- induced direct electron injection from the metal nanoparticles to the semiconductor nanostructures.
Source: openaire · Quality: candidate unverified · Source record ↗
Research context
OpenAlex topics: Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications · Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research · Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
SciVX discovery tags are terminology-based. OpenAlex topics are source-provided classifications.
References (36)
Show source-provided references
1. Homola J (2008) Surface plasmon resonance sensors for detection of chemical and biological species. Chem Rev 108(2):462–49310.1021/cr068107d ↗
2. Nydberg C, Liedberg B, Lind T (1982) Gas detection by means of surface plasmon resonance. Sensors Actuators 3(1):79–88
3. Liedberg B, Nylander C, Lundstrom I (1983) Surface plasmon resonance for gas detection and biosensing. Sensors Actuators 4(2):299–30410.1016/0250-6874(83)85036-7 ↗
4. Cottat M et al (2013) Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) biosensor for the protein detection. Plasmonics 8:699–70410.1007/s11468-012-9460-3 ↗
5. Sepulveda B et al (2009) LSPR-based nanobiosensors. Nano Today 4(3):244–25110.1016/j.nantod.2009.04.001 ↗
6. Luo LB et al (2014) Light trapping and surface plasmon enhanced high-performance NIR photodetector. Sci Rep 4:391410.1038/srep03914 ↗
7. Beck FJ, Lasanta T, Konstantatos G (2014) Plasmonic Schottky nanojunctions for tailoring the photogeneration profile in thin film solar cells. Adv Opt Mater 2(5):493–50010.1002/adom.201300460 ↗
8. Atwater HA, Polman A (2010) Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices. Nat Mater 9(3):205–21310.1038/nmat2629 ↗
9. Tan HR et al (2012) Plasmonic light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells with improved self-assembled silver nanoparticles. Nano Lett 12(8):4070–407610.1021/nl301521z ↗
10. Xie C et al (2014) Core-shell heterojunction of silicon nanowire arrays and carbon quantum dots for photovoltaic devices and self-driven photodetectors. ACS Nano 8(4):4015–402210.1021/nn501001j ↗
11. Okamoto K et al (2004) Surface-plasmon-enhanced light emitters based on InGaN quantum wells. Nat Mater 3(9):601–60510.1038/nmat1198 ↗
12. Kock A et al (1990) Strongly directional emission from AlGaAs/GaAs light-emitting diodes. Appl Phys Lett 57(22):232710.1063/1.103883 ↗
13. Berini P (2014) Surface plasmon photodetectors and their applications. Laser Photonics Rev 8(2):197–22010.1002/lpor.201300019 ↗
14. Luo LB et al (2014) The effect of plasmonic nanoparticles on the optoelectronic characteristics of CdTe nanowires. Small 10(13):2645–265210.1002/smll.201303388 ↗
15. Miao JS et al (2015) High-responsivity graphene/InAs nanowire heterojunction near-infrared photodetectors with distinct photocurrent on/off ratios. Small 11(8):936–94210.1002/smll.201402312 ↗
16. Oulton RF et al (2010) A hybrid plasmonic waveguide for subwavelength confinement and long-range propagation. Nat Photonics 2(8):496–50010.1038/nphoton.2008.131 ↗
17. Gao X et al (2013) Ultrathin dual-band surface plasmonic polariton waveguide and frequency splitter in microwave frequencies. Appl Phys Lett 102(15):15191210.1063/1.4802739 ↗
18. Tsuboi A, Nakamura K, Kobayashi N (2013) A localized surface plasmon resonance-based multicolor electrochromic device with electrochemically size-controlled silver nanoparticles. Adv Mater 25(23):3197–320110.1002/adma.201205214 ↗
19. Feng ZY et al (2014) Widely adjustable and quasi-reversible electrochromic device based on core-shell Au-Ag plasmonic nanoparticles. Adv Opt Mater 2(12):11741180
20. Xiong YJ et al (2012) Solar energy conversion with tunable plasmonic nanostructures for thermoelectric devices. Nanoscale 4(15):4416–442010.1039/c2nr30208j ↗
21. Jie JS et al (2010) One-dimensional II-VI nanostructures: synthesis, properties and optoelectronic applications. Nano Today 5(4):313–33610.1016/j.nantod.2010.06.009 ↗
22. Zeng LH et al (2013) Monolayer graphene/germanium Schottky junction as high-performance self-driven infrared light photodetector. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 5(19):9362–936610.1021/am4026505 ↗
23. Wu W, Bonakdar A, Mohseni H (2010) Plasmonic enhanced quantum well infrared photodetector with high detectivity. Appl Phys Lett 96(16):16110710.1063/1.3419885 ↗
24. Cao YL et al (2011) Single-crystalline ZnTe nanowires for application as high-performance green/ultraviolet photodetector. Opt Express 19(7):6100–610810.1364/OE.19.006100 ↗
25. Wu D et al (2012) Device structure-dependent field-effect and photoresponse performances of p-type ZnTe:Sb nanoribbons. J Mater Chem 22(13):6206–621210.1039/c2jm16632a ↗
26. Lu JF et al (2015) Improved UV photoresponse of ZnO nanorod arrays by resonant coupling with surface plasmons of Al nanoparticles. Nanoscale 7(8):3396–340310.1039/C4NR07114J ↗
27. Lou Z et al (2015) High-performance rigid and flexible ultraviolet photodetectors with single-crystalline ZnGa2O4 nanowires. Nano Res 8(7):2162–216910.1007/s12274-015-0723-0 ↗
28. Li L et al (2010) Ultrahigh-performance solar-blind photodetector based on individual single-crystalline In2Ge2O7 nanobelts. Adv Mater 22(45):5145–514910.1002/adma.201002608 ↗
29. Luo LB et al (2015) p-type ZnTe:Ga nanowires: controlled doping and optoelectronic device application. RSC Adv 5(18):13324–1333010.1039/C4RA14096F ↗
30. Luo LB et al (2014) Surface plasmon resonance enhanced highly efficient planar silicon solar cell. Nano Energy 9:112–12010.1016/j.nanoen.2014.07.003 ↗
31. Kelly KL et al (2003) The optical properties of metal nanoparticles: the influence of size, shape, and dielectric environment. J Phys Chem B 107(3):668–67710.1021/jp026731y ↗
32. Zhang Q et al (2011) A highly active titanium dioxide based visible-light photocatalyst with nonmetal doping and plasmonic metal decoration. Angew Chem Int Ed 50(31):7088–709210.1002/anie.201101969 ↗
33. Han N et al (2013) Tunable electronic transport properties of metal-cluster-decorated III-V nanowire transistors. Adv Mater 25(32):4445–445110.1002/adma.201301362 ↗
34. Nie B et al (2013) Monolayer graphene film on ZnO nanorod array for high-performance Schottky junction ultraviolet photodetectors. Small 9(17):2872–278910.1002/smll.201203188 ↗
35. Wang MZ et al (2013) TiO2 nanotube array/monolayer graphene film Schottky junction ultraviolet light photodetectors. Part Part Syst Charact 30(7):630–63610.1002/ppsc.201300040 ↗
36. Linic S, Christopher P, Ingram DB (2011) Plasmonic-metal nanostructures for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy. Nat Mater 10(12):911–92110.1038/nmat3151 ↗