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arXiv 2004.01578cond-mat.mes-hallphysics.app-ph
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电子束感应电流观察异质结纳米线中的热载流子分离

Hot-Carrier Separation in Heterostructure Nanowires observed by Electron-Beam Induced Current

Jonatan Fast, Enrique Barrigon, Mukesh Kumar, Yang Chen, Lars Samuelson, Magnus Borgström, Anders Gustafsson, Steven Limpert, Adam Burke, Heiner Linke

摘要:

半导体中热载流子的分离对于诸如热伏光电检测和第三代光电转换器的应用是感兴趣的。半导体纳米线为有效的热载流子分离提供了几个潜在的优势,例如:基于异质结构的能带工程中的高度控制和灵活性,与体相比较增加的热载流子温度,以及非常适合于局部控制光吸收的几何形状。事实上,已经观察到具有短InP能量势垒的InAs纳米线在全局照明下产生电功率,开路电压超过肖克利-奎塞尔极限。为了更详细地理解这种行为,有必要保持对纳米线中电子空穴对生成的精确位置的控制。在这项工作中,我们进行电子束感应电流测量与高空间分辨率,并证明了在提取高能电子的InP势垒的作用。我们的结果在热载流子分离,并提取估计的热载流子平均自由程。

英文摘要:

The separation of hot carriers in semiconductors is of interest for applications such as thermovoltaic photodetection and third-generation photovoltaics. Semiconductor nanowires offer several potential advantages for effective hot-carrier separation such as: a high degree of control and flexibility in heterostructure-based band engineering, increased hot-carrier temperatures compared to bulk, and a geometry well suited for local control of light absorption. Indeed, InAs nanowires with a short InP energy barrier have been observed to produce electric power under global illumination, with an open-circuit voltage exceeding the Shockley-Queisser limit. To understand this behaviour in more detail, it is necessary to maintain control over the precise location of electron-hole pair-generation in the nanowire. In this work we perform electron-beam induced current measurements with high spatial resolution, and demonstrate the role of the InP barrier in extracting energetic electrons. We interprete the results in terms of hot-carrier separation, and extract estimates of the hot carrier mean free path.

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