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Title: Broadband, Polarization-Sensitive Photodetector Based on Optically-Thick Films of Macroscopically Long, Dense and Aligned Carbon Nanotubes

Abstract

Increasing performance demands on photodetectors and solar cells require the development of entirely new materials and technological approaches. We report on the fabrication and optoelectronic characterization of a photodetector based on optically-thick films of dense, aligned, and macroscopically long single-wall carbon nanotubes. The photodetector exhibits broadband response from the visible to the mid-infrared under global illumination, with a response time less than 32 ms. Scanning photocurrent microscopy indicates that the signal originates at the contact edges, with an amplitude and width that can be tailored by choosing different contact metals. A theoretical model demonstrates the photo-thermoelectric origin of the photo-response due to gradients in the nanotube Seebeck coefficient near the contacts. The experimental and theoretical results open a new path for the realization of optoelectronic devices based on three-dimensionally organized nanotubes.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [2];  [6]
  1. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
  4. Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan). Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
  5. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  6. Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
OSTI Identifier:
1624596
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-06ER46308
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING; Science & Technology - Other Topics; CARBON NANOTUBES AND FULLERENES; NANOPHOTONICS AND PLASMONICS; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING; MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Nanot, Sébastien, Cummings, Aron W., Pint, Cary L., Ikeuchi, Akira, Akiho, Takafumi, Sueoka, Kazuhisa, Hauge, Robert H., Léonard, François, and Kono, Junichiro. Broadband, Polarization-Sensitive Photodetector Based on Optically-Thick Films of Macroscopically Long, Dense and Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1038/srep01335.
Nanot, Sébastien, Cummings, Aron W., Pint, Cary L., Ikeuchi, Akira, Akiho, Takafumi, Sueoka, Kazuhisa, Hauge, Robert H., Léonard, François, & Kono, Junichiro. Broadband, Polarization-Sensitive Photodetector Based on Optically-Thick Films of Macroscopically Long, Dense and Aligned Carbon Nanotubes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01335
Nanot, Sébastien, Cummings, Aron W., Pint, Cary L., Ikeuchi, Akira, Akiho, Takafumi, Sueoka, Kazuhisa, Hauge, Robert H., Léonard, François, and Kono, Junichiro. Wed . "Broadband, Polarization-Sensitive Photodetector Based on Optically-Thick Films of Macroscopically Long, Dense and Aligned Carbon Nanotubes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01335. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1624596.
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title = {Broadband, Polarization-Sensitive Photodetector Based on Optically-Thick Films of Macroscopically Long, Dense and Aligned Carbon Nanotubes},
author = {Nanot, Sébastien and Cummings, Aron W. and Pint, Cary L. and Ikeuchi, Akira and Akiho, Takafumi and Sueoka, Kazuhisa and Hauge, Robert H. and Léonard, François and Kono, Junichiro},
abstractNote = {Increasing performance demands on photodetectors and solar cells require the development of entirely new materials and technological approaches. We report on the fabrication and optoelectronic characterization of a photodetector based on optically-thick films of dense, aligned, and macroscopically long single-wall carbon nanotubes. The photodetector exhibits broadband response from the visible to the mid-infrared under global illumination, with a response time less than 32 ms. Scanning photocurrent microscopy indicates that the signal originates at the contact edges, with an amplitude and width that can be tailored by choosing different contact metals. A theoretical model demonstrates the photo-thermoelectric origin of the photo-response due to gradients in the nanotube Seebeck coefficient near the contacts. The experimental and theoretical results open a new path for the realization of optoelectronic devices based on three-dimensionally organized nanotubes.},
doi = {10.1038/srep01335},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 3,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}

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