Zero-biased and visible-blind UV photodetectors based on nitrogen-doped ultrananocrystalline diamond nanowires
Abstract
Taking advantage of the superflat surface of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD), highly precise UNCD nanowire (NW) arrays were fabricated to develop high-performance UV photodetectors. The large surface-to-volume ratio of a nanowire significantly increases the number of surface trap states, and the reduced dimensionality effectively confines the active area of the charge carrier and shortens the transit time, which results in an enhanced photoconductivity and response speed. Here, in this paper, the zero-biased UV photodetectors based on nitrogen-incorporated ultrananocrystalline diamond nanowire arrays have been demonstrated and characterized. The estimated responsivity was 2.0 A/W for 350 nm incident light when the device operated at room temperature. The UVA and UVB photocurrent signals from this visible blind photodetector were well defined with a rise and decay time of less than 1 s.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR (United States)
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA (United States)
- King Saud Univ., Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1981566
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Ceramics International
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 48; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0272-8842
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD); Nitrogen doping; Nanowire; Photodetector; Ultraviolet; Visible-blind
Citation Formats
Pacheco, Elluz, Zhou, Badi, Aldalbahi, Ali, Zhou, Andrew F., and Feng, Peter X. Zero-biased and visible-blind UV photodetectors based on nitrogen-doped ultrananocrystalline diamond nanowires. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.10.158.
Pacheco, Elluz, Zhou, Badi, Aldalbahi, Ali, Zhou, Andrew F., & Feng, Peter X. Zero-biased and visible-blind UV photodetectors based on nitrogen-doped ultrananocrystalline diamond nanowires. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.10.158
Pacheco, Elluz, Zhou, Badi, Aldalbahi, Ali, Zhou, Andrew F., and Feng, Peter X. Tue .
"Zero-biased and visible-blind UV photodetectors based on nitrogen-doped ultrananocrystalline diamond nanowires". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.10.158. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1981566.
@article{osti_1981566,
title = {Zero-biased and visible-blind UV photodetectors based on nitrogen-doped ultrananocrystalline diamond nanowires},
author = {Pacheco, Elluz and Zhou, Badi and Aldalbahi, Ali and Zhou, Andrew F. and Feng, Peter X.},
abstractNote = {Taking advantage of the superflat surface of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD), highly precise UNCD nanowire (NW) arrays were fabricated to develop high-performance UV photodetectors. The large surface-to-volume ratio of a nanowire significantly increases the number of surface trap states, and the reduced dimensionality effectively confines the active area of the charge carrier and shortens the transit time, which results in an enhanced photoconductivity and response speed. Here, in this paper, the zero-biased UV photodetectors based on nitrogen-incorporated ultrananocrystalline diamond nanowire arrays have been demonstrated and characterized. The estimated responsivity was 2.0 A/W for 350 nm incident light when the device operated at room temperature. The UVA and UVB photocurrent signals from this visible blind photodetector were well defined with a rise and decay time of less than 1 s.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.10.158},
journal = {Ceramics International},
number = 3,
volume = 48,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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