Resonance-Enhanced Absorption in Hollow Nanoshell Spheres with Omnidirectional Detection and High Responsivity and Speed

Lien, Der -Hsien; Dong, Zhenghong; Retamal, Jose Ramon Duran; Wang, Hsin -Ping; Wei, Tzu -Chiao; Wang, Dan; He, Jr -Hau; Cui, Yi

doi:10.1002/adma.201801972

Title: Resonance-Enhanced Absorption in Hollow Nanoshell Spheres with Omnidirectional Detection and High Responsivity and Speed

Journal Article · 18 July 2018 · Advanced Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201801972 · OSTI ID:1476109

Lien, Der -Hsien ^[1]; Dong, Zhenghong ^[2]; Retamal, Jose Ramon Duran ^[1]; Wang, Hsin -Ping ^[1]; Wei, Tzu -Chiao ^[1]; Wang, Dan ^[3];

^[1]; Cui, Yi ^[4]

King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Griffith Univ., Queensland (Australia)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Optical resonance formed inside a nanocavity resonator can trap light within the active region and hence enhance light absorption, effectively boosting device or material performance in applications of solar cells, photodetectors (PDs), and photocatalysts. Complementing conventional circular and spherical structures, a new type of multishelled spherical resonant strategy is presented. Due to the resonance–enhanced absorption by multiple convex shells, ZnO nanoshell PDs show improved optoelectronic performance and omnidirectional detection of light at different incidence angles and polarization. In addition, the response and recovery speeds of these devices are improved (0.8 and 0.7 ms, respectively) up to three orders of magnitude faster than in previous reports because of the existence of junction barriers between the nanoshells. As a result, the general design principles behind these hollow ZnO nanoshells pave a new way to improve the performance of sophisticated nanophotonic devices.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; OSR-2016-CRG5-3005; 21031005

OSTI ID:: 1476109

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 34; ISSN 0935-9648

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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